Senate roll call 97 · 70th Congress · May 21, 1928
To amend H. R. 1, by enabling the farmer to sell in the market in which he purchses, by the debenture proposition allowing him 25% bounty, or rebate on all his
On May 21, 1928, the Senate voted 23–53 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–19, Republicans 5–34, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 23
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 21, 1928
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 19 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 34 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted no
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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