Senate roll call 155 · 70th Congress · Feb 8, 1929
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 15712, which amendment provides that $2,255,930.00 may be expended only for experimental work with airplanes on observation b
On Feb 8, 1929, the Senate voted 31–35 (HR 15712). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–16, Democrats 14–18, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 35
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 8, 1929
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR 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
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- 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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- 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
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- 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
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-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
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson 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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