Senate roll call 35 · 56th Congress · Mar 31, 1900
To amend bill H. R. 8245, by prohibiting the legislative assembly of puerto rico from enacting any law conflicting with the United States constitution. (p.3563
On Mar 31, 1900, the Senate voted 15–31 (HR 8245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–32, Democrats 14–0, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 31, 1900
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 32 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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