Senate roll call 72 · 70th Congress · May 10, 1928
To consider S. 1728, a bill placing service postmasters in the classified service. (p.8312-1)
On May 10, 1928, the Senate voted 24–30 (S 1728). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–10, Democrats 3–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- May 10, 1928
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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