To amend H.R. 1, by adding five new brackets of surtaxes from $100,000 to $500,000 and increasing the rate of the tax from a flat 20% fixed by the committee on

On Feb 3, 1926, the Senate voted 25–55 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–36, Democrats 13–19, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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: 25
No: 55
Did not vote: 23
Date: Feb 3, 1926

By party

Democrats13 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 36 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
Thomas James Walsh 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
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
William Henry King D-UT voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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