Senate roll call 225 · 69th Congress · Feb 28, 1927
To colse debate on H. R. 10729, (44 stat-1381, mar. 3, 1927) a bill creating a bureau of customs and a bureau of prohibition in the department of the treasury.
On Feb 28, 1927, the Senate voted 55–27 (HR 10729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–14, Democrats 25–14, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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
- 55
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 28, 1927
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY 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
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA 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
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- 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
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- 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
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- 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
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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