Senate roll call 159 · 68th Congress · Dec 9, 1924
To amend, in the nature of a substitute, H.R. 518, a bill to authorize the secretary of war, in time of war for national defence, and in time of peace for produ
On Dec 9, 1924, the Senate voted 6–65 (HR 518). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–35, Democrats 4–29, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 6
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Dec 9, 1924
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 29 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 35 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-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
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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