Senate roll call 121 · 68th Congress · May 9, 1924
To concur in the amendment, as made in committee of the whole, to H.R. 6715, which amendment proposes a 2 cents tax on drafts, checks and notes not exceeding $1
On May 9, 1924, the Senate voted 31–47 (HR 6715). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–12, Democrats 1–33, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 31
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 9, 1924
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 33 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD voted no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- John William Harreld R-OK voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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