Senate roll call 36 · 56th Congress · Apr 3, 1900
To amend H. R. 8245, by making puerto rico an internal revenue district in which the laws of the United States shall continue in force, and by having the presid
On Apr 3, 1900, the Senate voted 30–40 (HR 8245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–43, Democrats 22–0, Others 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 30
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 3, 1900
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 43 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
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
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- 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
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Jonathan Ross 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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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