Senate roll call 110 · 70th Congress · May 24, 1928
To pass, over veto of the President, S. 750, a bill to amend an act entitled "an act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defence, a
On May 24, 1928, the Senate voted 44–32 (S 750). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–8, Republicans 12–24, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 44
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 24, 1928
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- George Payne Mclean R-CT voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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