Senate roll call 220 · 69th Congress · Feb 25, 1927
To refer S. 4106, a bill authorizing and directing the secretary of war to execute a lease with the muscle shoals fertilizer co. And the muscle shoals power dis
On Feb 25, 1927, the Senate voted 49–35 (S 4106). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–13, Democrats 17–23, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 49
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 25, 1927
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted no
- Rice William Means R-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME voted no
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- 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
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- 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
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- 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
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- 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
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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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