Senate roll call 336 · 55th Congress · Jan 18, 1899
To amend S. 4792, by authorizing President of the United States to purchase full ownership and jurisdiction for all rights to construct fortify and defend a can
On Jan 18, 1899, the Senate voted 15–32 (S 4792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–20, Democrats 10–14, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 15
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jan 18, 1899
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND 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 Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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 Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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