Senate roll call 85 · 69th Congress · Mar 27, 1926
To go into executive session, made during consideration of H. R. 9795, (p156 april 29, 1926), a bill making appropriations for the depts. Of state and justice a
On Mar 27, 1926, the Senate voted 30–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–29, Democrats 19–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 30
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 27, 1926
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 29 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye 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
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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