Senate roll call 41 · 70th Congress · Feb 27, 1928
To amend H. R. 10286 (45 stat. 326, 3/23/1928), a bill making appropriations for the military and non-military activities of the war department for for the fisc
On Feb 27, 1928, the Senate voted 17–55 (HR 10286). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–38, Republicans 17–21, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 55
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 27, 1928
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted yes
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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