Senate roll call 177 · 69th Congress · Jan 20, 1927
To amend S. RES. 328, deciding if senator frank l smith appointed by the governor of illinois to fill vacancy caused by death of sen. William b MC kinley is ent
On Jan 20, 1927, the Senate voted 48–33 (SRE 328). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–29, Democrats 33–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 48
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 20, 1927
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 29 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- 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
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- 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
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- 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
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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