Senate roll call 126 · 70th Congress · Dec 10, 1928
To proceed with consideration of S. 3440, a bill to vacate certain streets and alleys within the area known as walter reed hospital, notwithstanding the objecti
On Dec 10, 1928, the Senate voted 19–56 (S 3440). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–39, Democrats 19–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 19
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 10, 1928
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 39 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- 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
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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