Senate roll call 136 · 56th Congress · Feb 21, 1901
To agree to an amendment to bill H. R. 13729, said amendment appropriating $224,000 for transportation of mail by pneumatic tube, by purchase or otherwise, for
On Feb 21, 1901, the Senate voted 26–37 (HR 13729). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–20, Democrats 7–15, Others 3–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 26
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 21, 1901
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Kearns R-UT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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