Senate roll call 361 · 55th Congress · Feb 24, 1899
To decide whether the amendment to H.R. 11795 is in order, which amendment provides that the President buy lands from nicaragua and costa rica and instruct secr
On Feb 24, 1899, the Senate voted 51–7 (HR 11795). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–0, Democrats 18–4, Others 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 51
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 24, 1899
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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