Senate roll call 194 · 68th Congress · Jan 30, 1925
To amend S. 3674, by reducing postal rates for fourth class mail matter from 2 cents to 1 cent. (p. 2698-2)
On Jan 30, 1925, the Senate voted 40–39 (S 3674). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–36, Democrats 31–3, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 40
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 30, 1925
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 36 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- 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
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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