To amend an amendment to H. R. 8245, which amended amendment makes the highest bracket on inheritance taxes 50% where the net exceeds $100,000,000. (p.6922)

On Oct 28, 1921, the Senate voted 44–15 (HR 8245). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–15, Democrats 20–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 members voted against their own party.

During the 67th Congress (1921–1922), Warren G. Harding was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 44
No: 15
Did not vote: 48
Date: Oct 28, 1921

By party

Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted no
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Miles Poindexter R-WA voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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