Senate roll call 54 · 56th Congress · May 4, 1900
To amend bill S. 4300 (31 stat. L. 748, 2/2/1901), increasing the efficiency of the military establishment of the United States, by eliminating section 15, whic
On May 4, 1900, the Senate voted 8–44 (S 4300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–37, Democrats 9–6, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 8
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 4, 1900
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 37 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend bill S. 4300 (31 stat. L. 748…: Senate Vote, May 4, 1900,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/56-S-54/to-amend-bill-s-4300-31-stat-l-748 (accessed 2026-10-17).