Senate roll call 45 · 56th Congress · Apr 12, 1900
To postpone consideration of S. 2355, in order to take up bill S. 1783, providing for the construction of an interoceanic canal connecting the waters of the atl
On Apr 12, 1900, the Senate voted 15–33 (S 2355). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–28, Democrats 13–2, Others 4–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 15
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 12, 1900
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 28 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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