Senate roll call 48 · 56th Congress · Apr 24, 1900
To amend the resolution denying matthew s. Quay his seat as a senator from pennsylvania, by granting him his seat. (p.4612-2)
On Apr 24, 1900, the Senate voted 32–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–16, Democrats 7–17, Others 3–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 32
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 24, 1900
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Jonathan Ross R-VT voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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