Senate roll call 372 · 55th Congress · Mar 2, 1899
To amend H.R. 8571 (30 stat 1253, 3/3/1899), a bill to define and punish crime in the district of alaska and provide a code of criminal procedure for said distr
On Mar 2, 1899, the Senate voted 11–49 (HR 8571). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–20, Democrats 3–23, Others 1–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 11
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 2, 1899
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Jonathan Ross R-VT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- 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
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 8571 (30 stat 1253, 3/3/1899)…: Senate Vote, Mar 2, 1899,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-S-372/to-amend-h-r-8571-30-stat-1253-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).