Senate roll call 22 · 70th Congress · Jan 31, 1928
To agree to the amendment as modified to S. 744, which modified amendment provides that nothing in the bill be construed as committing the United States to the
On Jan 31, 1928, the Senate voted 38–43 (S 744). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–28, Republicans 26–14, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 38
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 31, 1928
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 28 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis 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
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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