Senate roll call 217 · 69th Congress · Feb 24, 1927
To sustain the decision of the chair holding that a senator has the right to present a privileged motion at any time and can take a senator off his feet to do s
On Feb 24, 1927, the Senate voted 46–30 (S 3331). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–4, Democrats 9–27, Others 1–0. 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
- 46
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 24, 1927
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-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
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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