Senate roll call 47 · 68th Congress · Feb 15, 1924
Confirmation of the nomination of lient. Col. Duncan k. Major, JR. To be colonel of infantry in the regular army. (p. 2476)
On Feb 15, 1924, the Senate voted 43–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–7, Democrats 13–16, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 43
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 15, 1924
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- 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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