Senate roll call 101 · 56th Congress · Jan 10, 1901
To amend S. 4300, by authorizing the President to nominate, from the retired list of the army an officer ranking not higher than brigadier - general, for the ra
On Jan 10, 1901, the Senate voted 41–11 (S 4300). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–0, Democrats 6–11, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 10, 1901
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
Other votes
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