Senate roll call 12 · 68th Congress · Dec 17, 1923
To amend S. RES. 80, providing that george a. Sanderson of illinois be elected as secretary of the Senate, by substituting the name of edwin a. Halsey of virgin
On Dec 17, 1923, the Senate voted 41–50 (SRE 80). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–49, Democrats 42–0, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Dec 17, 1923
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 49 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- 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
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- 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
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- 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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- 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
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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