Senate roll call 181 · 66th Congress · Jan 27, 1920
To amend S 3383, by increasing the pay of the officers 23% and the enlisted men 20%.
On Jan 27, 1920, the Senate voted 25–25 (S 3383). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–7, Republicans 7–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jan 27, 1920
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 7 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 18 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Miles Poindexter R-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- 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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