Senate roll call 279 · 66th Congress · Apr 20, 1920
To amend S. 3792, by eliminating the section providing for a separate construction division of the army.
On Apr 20, 1920, the Senate voted 18–33 (S 3792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–22, Democrats 13–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Apr 20, 1920
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- 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
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Thomas Sterling R-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
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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