Senate roll call 85 · 68th Congress · Apr 17, 1924
To amend S. 2576, by providing that the immigration quota computed on census of 1910 be increased from 2 per centum to 3 per centum. (p. 6474-2, 6538-1)
On Apr 17, 1924, the Senate voted 8–72 (S 2576). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–39, Democrats 5–32, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 8
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 17, 1924
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 32 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 39 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Sterling R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Davis Elkins R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- LeBaron Bradford Colt R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Sterling R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Davis Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- 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
- 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 Edgar Borah 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
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-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
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- 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
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Latham Owen D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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