Senate roll call 368 · 55th Congress · Feb 28, 1899
To amend H.R. 12008 (30 stat 1074, 3/3/1899), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for fiscal 1900, by having the government
On Feb 28, 1899, the Senate voted 43–13 (HR 12008). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–1, Democrats 11–13, Others 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 43
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 28, 1899
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Richard Rolland Kenney 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
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-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
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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