Senate roll call 343 · 55th Congress · Jan 21, 1899
To go into executive session in order to terminate debate on railroad ticket scalping bill, S. 1575, amending an act entitled "an act to regulate commerce". (p
On Jan 21, 1899, the Senate voted 25–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 16–5, Others 6–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 25
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 21, 1899
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Jonathan Ross R-VT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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