Senate roll call 80 · 68th Congress · Apr 1, 1924
To pass S. 5, a bill granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil and mexican wars, and to certain widows, former wid
On Apr 1, 1924, the Senate voted 51–10 (S 5). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–2, Democrats 21–8, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 51
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 1, 1924
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial D-SC voted no
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Joseph Medill Mccormick R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Holm Olaf Bursum R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- John Knight Shields D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene 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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