Senate roll call 726 · 67th Congress · Feb 20, 1923
To direct sergeant-at-arms to use necessary means to compel the attendance of absent senators, a motion made during consideration of H. R. 12817. (p.4106-2)
On Feb 20, 1923, the Senate voted 32–8. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–0, Democrats 2–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 32
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 62
- Date
- Feb 20, 1923
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 9 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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