Senate roll call 59 · 69th Congress · Feb 12, 1926
To amend H.R. 1, by lowering the purposed $10,000 salary for members of the board of tax appeals to $7500, the amount now received. (p. 3881-1,2)
On Feb 12, 1926, the Senate voted 19–41 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–32, Democrats 14–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 19
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 12, 1926
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 32 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- John William Harreld R-OK voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- John William Harreld R-OK
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Ralph Henry Cameron R-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson 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
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons 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
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Rice William Means R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Baird Cummins R-IA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- David Wallace Stewart R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart 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
- Bert Manfred Fernald R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- George Howard Williams R-MO
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Selden Palmer Spencer R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Edwin Fremont Ladd R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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