Senate roll call 196 · 66th Congress · Feb 24, 1920
To recommit S. 1699 to the committee on civil service and retrenchment.
On Feb 24, 1920, the Senate voted 29–36 (S 1699). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–14, Republicans 10–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 29
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 24, 1920
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- James Duval Phelan D-CA voted no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT voted yes
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT voted yes
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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