Senate roll call 12 · 56th Congress · Feb 15, 1900
To table the amendment to H. R. 1, which amendment proposes to make the new issue of two per cent United States bonds payable in both silver and gold coin of TH
On Feb 15, 1900, the Senate voted 44–26 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–0, Democrats 2–22, Others 0–7. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 44
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 15, 1900
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor 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
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
Did not vote
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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