Senate roll call 139 · 68th Congress · May 28, 1924
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 8839, (6/7/1924), a bill making appropriations for the government of the district of columbia and other activities chargeable
On May 28, 1924, the Senate voted 31–24 (HR 8839). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–4, Democrats 5–18, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 31
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- May 28, 1924
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 4 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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