Senate roll call 375 · 55th Congress · Mar 3, 1899
To appeal from chair's decision that the amendment relating to the present adjutant general shall contain the same rank, pay and allowance of a major general an
On Mar 3, 1899, the Senate voted 42–7. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–6, Democrats 18–1, Others 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 42
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 3, 1899
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- 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
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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