Senate roll call 166 · 70th Congress · Feb 23, 1929
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 16714, which amendment provides that no part of appropriation shall be used to fly any pennant or banner on the same staff ab
On Feb 23, 1929, the Senate voted 7–70 (HR 16714). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–41, Democrats 6–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 7
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 23, 1929
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 41 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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