Senate roll call 393 · 66th Congress · Feb 25, 1921
To amend H.R. 15935, the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, by increasing the total appropriation from $15,000,000 to $33,000,000.
On Feb 25, 1921, the Senate voted 18–44 (HR 15935). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–32, Democrats 17–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 44
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 25, 1921
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 32 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Edward James Gay D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM voted no
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Howard Sutherland R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fosgate Kirby D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Hoke Smith D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Spalding Thomas D-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edward James Gay D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Braxton Bragg Comer D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Marcus Aurelius Smith D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Duval Phelan D-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- John Frost Nugent D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Lawrence Yates Sherman R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- John Walter Smith D-MD
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Charles Belknap Henderson D-NV
- Warren Gamaliel Harding R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Earle Chamberlain D-OR
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Edwin Stockton Johnson D-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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