Senate roll call 198 · 69th Congress · Feb 11, 1927
To amend S. 4808, by providing that no equalization fee shall be imposed , collected, or paid prior to the expiration of one year from the date of the approval
On Feb 11, 1927, the Senate voted 36–51 (S 4808). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–31, Democrats 21–20, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 36
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 11, 1927
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted no
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith 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
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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