Senate roll call 37 · 70th Congress · Feb 16, 1928
To amend S. RES. 105, investigating conditions in the coal fields of pennsylvania, west virginia and ohio, by providing that after the committee has made its re
On Feb 16, 1928, the Senate voted 15–60 (SRE 105). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–40, Republicans 15–24, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 15
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 16, 1928
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 40 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
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
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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