Senate roll call 9 · 56th Congress · Feb 14, 1900
To amend H. R. 1 (31 stat. 45, 3/14/1900), a bill defining and fixing the standard of value to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or carried by TH
On Feb 14, 1900, the Senate voted 25–45 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–47, Democrats 19–3, Others 7–0. 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
- 25
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 14, 1900
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 47 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber 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
- 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
Did not vote
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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