Senate roll call 76 · 56th Congress · May 29, 1900
To refer to the committee on foreign affairs, the Senate resolution requesting U.S. To watch with great concern the war between great britain and the south afri
On May 29, 1900, the Senate voted 40–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–4, Democrats 2–16, Others 2–7. 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
- 40
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 29, 1900
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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