Senate roll call 224 · 69th Congress · Feb 28, 1927
To table the appeal from decision of chair overruling a point of order, that the bill before the Senate was the boulder damn bill and that if motion prevails TH
On Feb 28, 1927, the Senate voted 69–12 (HR 10729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–7, Democrats 30–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 69
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 28, 1927
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- 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
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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