Senate roll call 119 · 69th Congress · May 26, 1926
To consider S. RES. 31, directing federal trade commission to investigate and report to the Senate on the advances in the price of crude oil etc. (p. 10096-2)
On May 26, 1926, the Senate voted 29–37 (SR 31). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–34, Democrats 25–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 69th Congress (1925–1926), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 26, 1926
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 34 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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