Senate roll call 5 · 67th Congress · Apr 18, 1921
Confirmation of the nomination of john jacob esch to be an interstate commerce commissioner for term expiring december 31, 1927.
On Apr 18, 1921, the Senate voted 52–3. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–1, Democrats 16–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 3 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
- 52
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Apr 18, 1921
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 2 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 1 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Howard Sutherland R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Frank Billings Kellogg R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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