Senate roll call 8 · 70th Congress · Dec 15, 1927
To amend S. RES. 69, providing that hon. George h. Moses (r., n.h.) be elected President of the Senate pro tempore, by substituting the name of key pittman of n
On Dec 15, 1927, the Senate voted 39–42 (SRE 69). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–42, Democrats 40–1, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 39
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Dec 15, 1927
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 42 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- George William Norris R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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