Senate roll call 45 · 70th Congress · Mar 12, 1928
To agree to the amendment as modified 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
On Mar 12, 1928, the Senate voted 25–45 (SJR 46). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–28, Republicans 15–22, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 25
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 12, 1928
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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