Senate roll call 721 · 67th Congress · Feb 17, 1923
To table the amendment to H. R. 5020 (42 stat. 1485, 3/4/1923), a bill providing for the sale by the commissioners of the district of columbia of certain land i
On Feb 17, 1923, the Senate voted 37–36 (HR 5020). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–8, Democrats 2–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 17, 1923
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- 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
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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