Senate roll call 167 · 69th Congress · Dec 21, 1926
To amend H. R. 11616, by providing that the total paid by United States on contracts shall not exceed a sum such that 3 percent thereof equals the net annual in
On Dec 21, 1926, the Senate voted 28–47 (HR 11616). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–26, Democrats 14–22, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 28
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Dec 21, 1926
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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