Senate roll call 179 · 66th Congress · Jan 27, 1920
To proceed to considation of S. RES. 285, a resolution authorizing the subcommittee of naval affairs under S. RES. 62, agreed to on june 6, 1919, to employ such
On Jan 27, 1920, the Senate voted 25–30 (SR 285). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–30, Republicans 25–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 66th Congress (1919–1920), Woodrow Wilson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jan 27, 1920
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 30 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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