Senate roll call 209 · 69th Congress · Feb 21, 1927
To amend H. R. 16886, by providing that boys and girls should be given as good education and as thorough a business professional training as they would have rec
On Feb 21, 1927, the Senate voted 22–36 (HR 16886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–25, Democrats 17–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 22
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 21, 1927
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 25 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-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
- 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
- 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- 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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