Senate roll call 11 · 70th Congress · Dec 19, 1927
To refer to the committee on interstate commerce the resolution S. RES. 83, authorizing an investigation of public utility corporations. (p.810-1)
On Dec 19, 1927, the Senate voted 40–36 (SRE 83). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–12, Democrats 14–24, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 40
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 19, 1927
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- 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
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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