Senate roll call 359 · 66th Congress · Feb 8, 1921
To amend H.R. 15422, by authorizing the surgeon general of the public health service, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, to sell or exchange in
On Feb 8, 1921, the Senate voted 19–45 (HR 15422). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–31, Democrats 17–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 19
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 8, 1921
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- John Walter Smith D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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