Senate roll call 27 · 70th Congress · Feb 8, 1928
To amend H. R. 9136 (45 stat. 200, 3/7/1928), a bill making appropriations for the department of the interior for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1929, and for
On Feb 8, 1928, the Senate voted 17–56 (HR 9136). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–30, Democrats 9–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 17
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 8, 1928
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 26 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- 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
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen 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
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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