Senate roll call 34 · 69th Congress · Feb 3, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by lowering the taxes on incomes, by reducing the surtax within brackets between $60,000 to $500,000. (p. 3218-1)
On Feb 3, 1926, the Senate voted 15–70 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–42, Democrats 4–31, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 15
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 3, 1926
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 31 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 42 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- 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
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- 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
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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