Senate roll call 4 · 68th Congress · Dec 11, 1923
Confirmation of the nomination of frank b. Kellogg, of minnesota, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of america to
On Dec 11, 1923, the Senate voted 75–9. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–3, Democrats 32–4, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 75
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 11, 1923
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans43 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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