Senate roll call 131 · 56th Congress · Feb 16, 1901
To proceed to the consideration of H. R. 3717, making oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products subject to laws of the state or territory into which they
On Feb 16, 1901, the Senate voted 45–2 (HR 3717). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–1, Democrats 12–2, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 3 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
- 45
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 16, 1901
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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