Senate roll call 96 · 70th Congress · May 19, 1928
To recess until 11 o'clock monday next, a motion made during consideration of H. R. 1. (p.9221-2)
On May 19, 1928, the Senate voted 16–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–30, Democrats 16–11, Others 0–1. 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
- 16
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- May 19, 1928
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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