Senate roll call 183 · 66th Congress · Feb 3, 1920
To amend S 3383, by increasing the pay of officers and enlisted men by 20% (instead of 50%).
On Feb 3, 1920, the Senate voted 20–29 (S 3383). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–23, Democrats 15–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 3, 1920
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Hoke Smith D-GA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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