Senate roll call 365 · 55th Congress · Feb 27, 1899
To amend S. 5578 (30 stat 977, 3/2/1899), a bill providing for the efficiency of the army, by appointing any officer now in the army and not in the corps of eng
On Feb 27, 1899, the Senate voted 27–33 (S 5578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–27, Democrats 19–6, Others 8–1. 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
- 27
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 27, 1899
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt 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
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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