Senate roll call 2 · 57th Congress · Dec 16, 1901
To amend a convention (32 stat 1903, 12/26/01) between the U.S. And great britain to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the atlantic and pac
On Dec 16, 1901, the Senate voted 17–61. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–51, Democrats 16–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 57th Congress (1901–1902), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Dec 16, 1901
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 51 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Murphy James Foster D-LA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Paris Gibson D-MT voted no
- William Andrews Clark D-MT voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- George Turner D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Henry Heitfeld D-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner D-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 MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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