Senate roll call 212 · 69th Congress · Feb 23, 1927
To consider H. R. 16886. (p. 4532-1)
On Feb 23, 1927, the Senate voted 31–43 (HR 16886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–35, Democrats 29–8, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 23, 1927
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 35 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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