Senate roll call 127 · 70th Congress · Dec 11, 1928
To amend H. R. 5773, (45 stat l. 1057, 12/21/1928), a bill to provide for the construction of works for the protection and development of the lower colorado riv
On Dec 11, 1928, the Senate voted 29–48 (HR 5773). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–38, Democrats 28–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 11, 1928
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 38 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-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
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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