Senate roll call 39 · 67th Congress · May 18, 1921
To amend H. R. 4803, by increasing the appropriation from $150,000 to $250,000 for the maintenance, operation, and repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying
On May 18, 1921, the Senate voted 39–29 (HR 4803). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–13, Democrats 9–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 67th Congress (1921–1922), Warren G. Harding was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 18, 1921
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA voted no
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted no
- John William Harreld R-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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