Senate roll call 217 · 68th Congress · Feb 16, 1925
To amend H.R. 11444, (app. 2/28/1925, 43 stat. L. 1053), a bill to reclassify salaries of postmasters and employees of the postal service, readjusting their sal
On Feb 16, 1925, the Senate voted 42–38 (HR 11444). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–35, 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
- 42
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 16, 1925
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 35 no · 13 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- 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
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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