Senate roll call 133 · 56th Congress · Feb 20, 1901
To amend bill H. R. 13729 (31 stat. 1099, 3/3/1901), making appropriations for the services of the post office department for the fiscal year ending june 30, 19
On Feb 20, 1901, the Senate voted 18–51 (HR 13729). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–37, Democrats 9–10, Others 6–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 18
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 20, 1901
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 37 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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