Senate roll call 159 · 69th Congress · Dec 7, 1926
To pass S. RES. 278, providing for investigation of alleged charges of bribery against arthur r. Gould, senator-elect from maine. (p. 38-2)
On Dec 7, 1926, the Senate voted 70–7 (SRE 278). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–1, Republicans 34–6, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 70
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 7, 1926
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- 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
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- 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
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson 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
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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