Senate roll call 37 · 56th Congress · Apr 3, 1900
To amend H. R. 8245, by exempting from duty all articles imported into the United States from puerto rico, and into puerto rico from the United States, by makin
On Apr 3, 1900, the Senate voted 28–41 (HR 8245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–39, Democrats 19–1, Others 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 28
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 3, 1900
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 39 no · 10 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 Frisbie Hoar R-MA 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- 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 Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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 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
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- 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
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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