Senate roll call 359 · 55th Congress · Feb 21, 1899
To amend H.R. 11683, by reducing the compensation to railroads to $30,500,000. (p. 2133-1)
On Feb 21, 1899, the Senate voted 15–45 (HR 11683). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–34, Democrats 10–13, Others 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 45
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 21, 1899
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 34 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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