Senate roll call 4 · 69th Congress · Mar 9, 1925
To provide that so much of the rule as provides for the election of committees of the Senate by ballot be suspended and that those whose names are submitted sha
On Mar 9, 1925, the Senate voted 65–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–7, Democrats 27–3, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 65
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 9, 1925
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans43 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale 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
How each senator voted: No
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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