Senate roll call 43 · 69th Congress · Feb 8, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by providing that income tax returns be open to examination or inspection as other public records under the same rules and regulations as may g
On Feb 8, 1926, the Senate voted 32–49 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–36, Democrats 18–18, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 32
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 8, 1926
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 36 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- 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
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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