Senate roll call 208 · 69th Congress · Feb 21, 1927
To amend H. R. 16886, (44 stat-1389, mar. 3, 1927), a bill authorizing the director of the U.S. Veteran's bureau to make loans to veterans upon the security of
On Feb 21, 1927, the Senate voted 46–15 (HR 16886). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–14, Democrats 31–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 46
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 21, 1927
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-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
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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