To recede from amendment #39 to H. R. 15089 (45 stat. L. 1562, app. 3/4/1929), a bill making appropriations for the department of the interior for the year endi

On Feb 28, 1929, the Senate voted 23–50 (HR 15089). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–40, Republicans 24–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 50
Did not vote: 22
Date: Feb 28, 1929

By party

Democrats2 yes · 40 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted no
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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