Senate roll call 46 · 69th Congress · Feb 10, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by eliminating the tax on admission to theaters. (p. 3696-2)
On Feb 10, 1926, the Senate voted 36–34 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–34, Democrats 24–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 36
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 10, 1926
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 34 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- John William Harreld R-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- 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
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-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
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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