Senate roll call 716 · 67th Congress · Feb 13, 1923
To pass S. J. RES. 253, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States, fixing the commencement of the terms of President and vice President an
On Feb 13, 1923, the Senate voted 63–6 (SJR 253). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–2, Democrats 26–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 63
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 13, 1923
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- John Knight Shields D-TN voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- 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
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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