Senate roll call 40 · 70th Congress · Feb 27, 1928
To amend an amendment to H. R. 10286(45 stat. 326, app. 3/23/1928), a bill making appropriations for the war department 6or fiscial 1929, which amended amendmen
On Feb 27, 1928, the Senate voted 52–22 (HR 10286). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–17, Democrats 32–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 52
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1928
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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