Senate roll call 335 · 55th Congress · Jan 18, 1899
To amend S. 4792, by providing that said act not to take effect until all lands and concessions shall vest title in perpetuity to the United States from nicarag
On Jan 18, 1899, the Senate voted 12–37 (S 4792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–24, Democrats 11–13, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 12
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 18, 1899
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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 Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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