Senate roll call 363 · 55th Congress · Feb 24, 1899
To amend H.R. 11795, by eliminating clause authorizing appropriations to purchase or to secure rights, easements or privileges to such costa rican and nicaragua
On Feb 24, 1899, the Senate voted 5–48 (HR 11795). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–28, Democrats 5–15, Others 1–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 24, 1899
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 28 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Graham Vest D-MO 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
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- John Henry Gear 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
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- 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
- Horace Chilton 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
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-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
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle 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
- George Turner O-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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