Senate roll call 276 · 66th Congress · Apr 16, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by reducing the army to a definite number (280,000) within the next five years.
On Apr 16, 1920, the Senate voted 35–12 (S 3792). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–2, Democrats 11–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 35
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Apr 16, 1920
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 2 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell 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
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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