To consider s. R. 195, providing for special committee to be appointed to investigate expenditures, etc., used by any candidate for the United States Senate.

On May 19, 1926, the Senate voted 45–34 (SR 195). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–34, Democrats 36–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.

During the 69th Congress (1925–1926), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 45
No: 34
Did not vote: 24
Date: May 19, 1926

By party

Democrats36 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 34 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye 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
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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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