Senate roll call 367 · 55th Congress · Feb 27, 1899
To pass S. 5578. (p. 2463)
On Feb 27, 1899, the Senate voted 55–13 (S 5578). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–1, Democrats 19–10, Others 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 55
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1899
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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