Senate roll call 7 · 70th Congress · Dec 12, 1927
To pass S. RES. 10, extending the life of the special committee created by the Senate on may 19, 1926 to investigate expenditures in senatorial primary and gene
On Dec 12, 1927, the Senate voted 58–21 (SRE 10). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–1, Republicans 16–20, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 58
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 12, 1927
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-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
- 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
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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