Senate roll call 49 · 56th Congress · Apr 24, 1900
To adopt the resolution denying to matthew s. Quay, a seat in the Senate from the state of pennsylvania. (p.4613-1,2; 4586-2)
On Apr 24, 1900, the Senate voted 33–32. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–29, Democrats 18–6, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 33
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Apr 24, 1900
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 29 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted no
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH voted yes
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Jonathan Ross R-VT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- 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
- 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
Did not vote
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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