Senate roll call 141 · 70th Congress · Dec 20, 1928
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On Dec 20, 1928, the Senate voted 63–13 (SJR 182). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–5, Democrats 27–8, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 63
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 20, 1928
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
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