Senate roll call 44 · 70th Congress · Mar 12, 1928
To amend an amendment to S. J. RES. 46, providing for the completion of dam no. 2, and the steam plant at nitrate plant no. 2 in the vicinity of muscle shoals f
On Mar 12, 1928, the Senate voted 11–58 (SJR 46). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–35, Democrats 11–24, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 11
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 12, 1928
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 35 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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