Senate roll call 132 · 70th Congress · Dec 13, 1928
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 5773, which amendment provides that the sum of twenty-five million dollars be allocated to flood control. (p.522-1)
On Dec 13, 1928, the Senate voted 49–19 (HR 5773). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–12, Democrats 27–6, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 49
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Dec 13, 1928
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard 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
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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