To amend an amendment to S. 2576, by providing that the immigration quota of the 1910 census be reduced from 2 per centum, to 1 per centum. (p. 6548-2, 6549-1)

On Apr 17, 1924, the Senate voted 23–56 (S 2576). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–32, Democrats 15–23, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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: 23
No: 56
Did not vote: 22
Date: Apr 17, 1924

By party

Democrats15 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted yes
Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
John Knight Shields D-TN voted yes
Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to S. 2576, by…: Senate Vote, Apr 17, 1924,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/68-S-89/to-amend-an-amendment-to-s-2576-by-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).