Senate roll call 58 · 70th Congress · Apr 17, 1928
To amend S. 127, a bill to meet more effectively the obligations of the United States under the migratory bird treaty with great britain, by making it unnecessa
On Apr 17, 1928, the Senate voted 31–25 (S 127). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–4, Republicans 8–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 17, 1928
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Cyrus Locher D-OH voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- 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
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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