Senate roll call 118 · 68th Congress · May 9, 1924
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 6715, which amendment provides that the maximum rate on incomes be 40 per cent instead of 37 1/2 per cent. (p. 8195-2)
On May 9, 1924, the Senate voted 46–39 (HR 6715). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–36, Democrats 39–4, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 68th Congress (1923–1924), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 9, 1924
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no
- Republicans8 yes · 36 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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