Senate roll call 170 · 69th Congress · Jan 5, 1927
To go into executive session, made during consideration of H. R. 755, (44 stat-1024, jan. 22, 1927), a bill authorizing for fiscal 1928, and 1929, appropriation
On Jan 5, 1927, the Senate voted 14–57. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–33, Democrats 7–23, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 5, 1927
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 33 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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