Senate roll call 171 · 69th Congress · Jan 7, 1927
To consider S. 3889, (44 stat-1451, mar. 4, 1927), a bill to authorize the railroad commission of texas and the corporation commission of oklahoma to regulate t
On Jan 7, 1927, the Senate voted 45–30 (S 3889). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–29, Democrats 34–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 30
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 7, 1927
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 29 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Rice William Means R-CO voted yes
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- John William Harreld R-OK voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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