Senate roll call 91 · 69th Congress · Apr 16, 1926
To consider in committee of the whole H.R. 6559 (44-stat 630, may 25, 1926), a bill providing for the construction of certain public buildings and for other pur
On Apr 16, 1926, the Senate voted 55–16 (HR 6559). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–0, Democrats 14–17, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 55
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 16, 1926
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans41 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- 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
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Alexander Reed D-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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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