Senate roll call 167 · 70th Congress · Feb 23, 1929
To agree to the amendment to H. R. 16714, which amendment provides that no part of this appropriation shall be used to maintain marines in nicaragua or to trans
On Feb 23, 1929, the Senate voted 32–48 (HR 16714). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–34, Democrats 25–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 32
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 23, 1929
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 34 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted no
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- 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
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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