To proceed to the consideration of S. RES. 107, barring matthew s. Quay from the Senate.

On Feb 23, 1900, the Senate voted 34–28 (SR 107). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–19, Democrats 12–8, Others 3–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 34
No: 28
Did not vote: 24
Date: Feb 23, 1900

By party

Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
William Lindsay D-KY voted no
Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted no
Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH voted no
George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
Joseph Simon R-OR voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
Jonathan Ross R-VT voted no
Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
Joseph Very Quarles R-WI voted no
Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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