Senate roll call 104 · 70th Congress · May 21, 1928
To amend H. R. 1, by placing stock holders of stock insurance companies on the same basis as policy holders of mutual companies, including fire insurance compai
On May 21, 1928, the Senate voted 35–27 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–12, Democrats 13–16, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 70th Congress (1927–1928), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 21, 1928
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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