Senate roll call 2 · 69th Congress · Mar 7, 1925
To sustain the decision of the chair holding that a motion to consider in open session the nomination of charles b. Warren to be attorney general involves a sus
On Mar 7, 1925, the Senate voted 38–39. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–10, Democrats 3–28, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 7, 1925
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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