Senate roll call 229 · 69th Congress · Mar 2, 1927
To sustain the decision of the chair holding that the question of recognition is in the province of the chair. (p. 5349-1)
On Mar 2, 1927, the Senate voted 42–35. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–6, Democrats 6–28, 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
- 42
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 2, 1927
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Harreld R-OK
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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