Senate roll call 296 · 66th Congress · May 27, 1920
To recede from an amendment to H.R. 12272, (41 stat. 694, 5/31/20), the agricultural appropriations bill for fiscal 1921, eliminating $239,416 for the distribut
On May 27, 1920, the Senate voted 31–37 (HR 12272). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–29, Democrats 25–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 31
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 27, 1920
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 29 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE voted no
- John Frost Nugent D-ID voted no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Davis Elkins R-WV voted yes
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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