Senate roll call 333 · 55th Congress · Jan 17, 1899
To amend S. 4792, by providing that said act is not to take effect until consent is received from costa rica, nicaragua and other countries for right to fortify
On Jan 17, 1899, the Senate voted 9–38 (S 4792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–26, Democrats 10–13, Others 3–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 17, 1899
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
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