Senate roll call 271 · 66th Congress · Apr 2, 1920
To amend S. 1699, by prohibiting the affiliation of employees unions with higher or parent bodies of organized labor, no quorum voting.
On Apr 2, 1920, the Senate voted 3–35 (S 1699). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–22, Democrats 3–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 3
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Apr 2, 1920
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 22 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- 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
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
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