Senate roll call 67 · 56th Congress · May 15, 1900
To postpone indefinitely S. 2000, a bill regulating appointment to, and removal from civil offices in alaska, hawaii, or any place brought within the jurisdicti
On May 15, 1900, the Senate voted 12–28 (S 2000). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–17, Democrats 1–10, Others 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- May 15, 1900
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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