Senate roll call 35 · 69th Congress · Feb 3, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by regulating the tax on incomes over $100,000 by adding 1% for every additional $50,000 up to $1,000,000, instead of a flat rate fixed by the
On Feb 3, 1926, the Senate voted 29–54 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–36, Democrats 14–19, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 29
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 3, 1926
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 36 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Rice William Means R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- 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
- John William Harreld R-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Robert Nelson Stanfield R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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