To amend H.R. 15275, by placing a duty of two cents per pound on sunflower seeds and 20 cents per gallon on sunflower oil.

On Feb 16, 1921, the Senate voted 15–62 (HR 15275). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–27, Democrats 2–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 15
No: 62
Did not vote: 23
Date: Feb 16, 1921

By party

Democrats2 yes · 35 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME voted yes
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted yes
Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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