Senate roll call 187 · 68th Congress · Jan 29, 1925
To amend S. 3674, by readjusting the postal rates for fourth class mail matter. (p. 2614-1)
On Jan 29, 1925, the Senate voted 36–43 (S 3674). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–39, Democrats 32–3, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 36
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 29, 1925
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 39 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge 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
- 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
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Davis Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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