Senate roll call 308 · 66th Congress · Jun 2, 1920
To amend H.R. 12530, a bill granting pensions and increases in pensions to soldier's and sailors of the civil war and their wives and dependent children, by STR
On Jun 2, 1920, the Senate voted 4–45 (HR 12530). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–30, Democrats 4–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Jun 2, 1920
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 15 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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