Senate roll call 38 · 56th Congress · Apr 3, 1900
To pass H. R. 8245, which was reported by the committee on the pacific islands and puerto rico.
On Apr 3, 1900, the Senate voted 40–31 (HR 8245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–7, Democrats 0–22, Others 3–5. 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
- 40
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 3, 1900
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-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
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- 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
- 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 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
- George Turner O-WA
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
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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