Senate roll call 275 · 66th Congress · Apr 14, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by eliminating the provision providing for a separate construction division of the army.
On Apr 14, 1920, the Senate voted 23–24 (S 3792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–20, Democrats 15–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 23
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Apr 14, 1920
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 20 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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