Senate roll call 272 · 66th Congress · Apr 3, 1920
To amend S. 1699, by prohibiting the affiliation of federal employees unions with higher or parent bodies of organized labor.
On Apr 3, 1920, the Senate voted 3–43 (S 1699). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–25, Democrats 2–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 3 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
- 43
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Apr 3, 1920
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 19 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 25 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
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