Senate roll call 1 · 56th Congress · Dec 14, 1899
To table the resolution directing the secretary of the navy to inform the Senate whether the flag of the philippine republic was carried by vessels in the bay o
On Dec 14, 1899, the Senate voted 41–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–1, Democrats 3–15, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 14, 1899
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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