Senate roll call 63 · 70th Congress · Apr 30, 1928
To consider S. 1728, a bill placing service postmasters in the classified service.
On Apr 30, 1928, the Senate voted 31–25 (S 1728). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–6, Democrats 5–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 31
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Apr 30, 1928
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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