To amend bill S. 4300, by providing for a veterinary corps consisting of a chief veterinarian, with the rank and pay of colonel; an assistant chief with the ran

On May 4, 1900, the Senate voted 25–23 (S 4300). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–15, Democrats 7–7, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 25
No: 23
Did not vote: 45
Date: May 4, 1900

By party

Democrats7 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 15 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted no
William Joseph Deboe R-KY voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted no
John Kean R-NJ voted no
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY voted no
Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted no
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
Jonathan Ross R-VT voted no
Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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