Senate roll call 42 · 66th Congress · Oct 1, 1919
To amend HR 7478, by reducing the amount a national bank may loan to an individual borrower on notes secured by shipping documents from 25% to 20%.
On Oct 1, 1919, the Senate voted 31–47 (HR 7478). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–11, Democrats 2–37. 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
- 31
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Oct 1, 1919
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 37 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
- Davis Elkins R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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