Senate roll call 5 · 56th Congress · Jan 24, 1900
That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the house amendment bill S. 2179 (31 stat. 3, 2/1/1900), providing for taking of the twelfth and subsequent cens
On Jan 24, 1900, the Senate voted 30–32 (S 2179). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–27, Democrats 16–1, Others 4–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 30
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 24, 1900
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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