To order previous question on H. RES. 197 providing that H.R. 2667 with Senate amendments thereto is disagreed to and a conference is requested with the Senate.

On Apr 2, 1930, the House voted 238–153 (HRE 197). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 241–18, Democrats 12–149, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 30 members voted against their own party.

During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 238
No: 153
Did not vote: 35
Date: Apr 2, 1930

By party

Democrats12 yes · 149 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans241 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL voted yes
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted yes
Ruth Bryan Owen D-FL voted yes
Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
James Zacharie Spearing D-LA voted yes
Numa Francois Montet D-LA voted yes
Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA voted yes
René Louis De Rouen D-LA voted yes
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted yes
William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted yes
John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted no
Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Jeremiah Edward O'Connell D-RI voted yes
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Charles August Kading R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted no
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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