Senate roll call 154 · 70th Congress · Feb 8, 1929
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 15712, which amendment provides that no part of the sums appropriated shall be available for construction at scott field, ill
On Feb 8, 1929, the Senate voted 33–35 (HR 15712). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–21, Republicans 20–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 33
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 8, 1929
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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