Senate roll call 685 · 67th Congress · Dec 21, 1922
Confirmation of pierce butler as associate justice of the supreme court. (p.813-1)
On Dec 21, 1922, the Senate voted 61–8. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–3, Democrats 21–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 61
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Dec 21, 1922
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Samuel Danford Nicholson R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Harry Stewart New R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Henry Lee Myers D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Atlee Pomerene D-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Carroll Smalley Page R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Miles Poindexter R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones 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
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- George William Norris R-NE
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott D-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Rebecca Latimer Felton D-GA
- Thomas Edward Watson D-GA
- Charles Augustus Rawson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Squire Kenyon R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Joseph Irwin France R-MD
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Truman Handy Newberry R-MI
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Albert Bacon Fall R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- William Evans Crow R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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