Senate roll call 179 · 69th Congress · Jan 31, 1927
To consider S. 62, a bill providing for the allowance of certain claims for indemnity for spoilation by the french prior to july 31, 1801. (p. 2591-2)
On Jan 31, 1927, the Senate voted 40–27 (S 62). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–22, Democrats 25–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 40
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 31, 1927
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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