Senate roll call 323 · 67th Congress · Apr 14, 1922
To amend motion of MR. Sterling to refer S. RES. 271 to the committee on civil service, by adding instructions recommending that said committee report same back
On Apr 14, 1922, the Senate voted 25–40 (SRE 271). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–40, Democrats 24–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 25
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 14, 1922
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 40 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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