Senate roll call 115 · 56th Congress · Jan 18, 1901
To agree to the amendment of the House Of Representatives to H. R. 4300, which amendment provides that volunteer army officers be commissioned as officers in TH
On Jan 18, 1901, the Senate voted 43–23 (S 4300). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–2, Democrats 4–20, Others 2–7. 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
- 43
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 18, 1901
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 20 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- 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
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- 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
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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