Senate roll call 87 · 56th Congress · Jun 5, 1900
To refer bill H. R. 10539, amending an act entitled, "an act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies" to committee on judiciary
On Jun 5, 1900, the Senate voted 43–23 (HR 10539). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–2, Democrats 2–14, Others 2–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 43
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 5, 1900
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 8 no
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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna 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
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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