Senate roll call 379 · 55th Congress · Mar 3, 1899
To consider executive business, a motion made during consideration of H.R. 11795. (p. 2824-2)
On Mar 3, 1899, the Senate voted 14–48. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–25, Democrats 1–21, Others 4–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 14
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 3, 1899
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Turner O-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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