Senate roll call 383 · 66th Congress · Feb 18, 1921
To suspend the rules in order that MR. Swanson may offer an amendment to H.R.15441, the post office appropriation bill, providing for a total appropriation of $
On Feb 18, 1921, the Senate voted 42–33 (HR 15441). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–30, Democrats 33–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 42
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 18, 1921
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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