Senate roll call 278 · 66th Congress · Apr 20, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by providing that army officers promotion should be based entirely on length of commission.
On Apr 20, 1920, the Senate voted 20–27 (S 3792). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Republicans 1–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Apr 20, 1920
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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