Senate roll call 47 · 69th Congress · Feb 10, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by imposing a tax of 2% on automobiles, truck and wagon chassis, sold or leased, for an amount in excess of $200, and to provide that a sale of
On Feb 10, 1926, the Senate voted 12–55 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–32, Democrats 2–33, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 10, 1926
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 33 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 32 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- William Morgan Butler R-MA
- Ovington Eugene Weller R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison 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
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Samuel Moffett Ralston D-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Richard Pretlow Ernst R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- George Wharton Pepper R-PA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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