To concur in amendment to H.R. 6715, which amendment proposes a tax on telegraph and telephone messages.

On May 9, 1924, the Senate voted 23–61 (HR 6715). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–24, Democrats 2–36, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 23
No: 61
Did not vote: 17
Date: May 9, 1924

By party

Democrats2 yes · 36 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted yes
Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR voted yes
David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
George Wharton Pepper R-PA voted yes
LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
William Henry King D-UT voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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