Senate roll call 101 · 70th Congress · May 21, 1928
To amend H. R. 1, by raising the exemption on club dues from $25.00 to $50.00. (p.9326-2, 9327-1)
On May 21, 1928, the Senate voted 29–38 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–35, Democrats 29–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 70th Congress (1927–1928), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 21, 1928
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 35 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- 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
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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