Senate roll call 88 · 56th Congress · Jun 6, 1900
To amend bill H. R. 10450, by authorizing the secretary of navy to contract for armor for vessels at reasonable prices and if unable to do so, to purchase a sit
On Jun 6, 1900, the Senate voted 39–35 (HR 10450). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–8, Democrats 1–21, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 39
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 6, 1900
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted no
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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