Senate roll call 277 · 66th Congress · Apr 16, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by reorganizing the office of the judge advocate generals' service to provide for one judge advocate general, 1 assistant judge advocate gener
On Apr 16, 1920, the Senate voted 13–36 (S 3792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–25, Democrats 10–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Apr 16, 1920
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted yes
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- 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
- 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
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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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