To direct sergeant-at-arms to bring in absentees, made during debate on H.R. 2152.

On May 14, 1930, the House voted 122–74 (HR 2152). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 63–56, Democrats 58–18, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 122
No: 74
Did not vote: 260
Date: May 14, 1930

By party

Democrats58 yes · 18 no · 100 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 56 no · 159 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR voted no
David Delano Glover D-AR voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
William Robb Eaton R-CO voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Albert Richardson Hall R-IN voted no
Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted no
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted no
Robert E. Lee Blackburn R-KY voted no
James Zacharie Spearing D-LA voted no
James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted no
William Joseph Granfield D-MA voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Robert Henry Clancy R-MI voted no
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Grant Martin Hudson R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Frank Probasco Bohn R-MI voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted no
Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Samuel Dickstein D-NY voted no
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R-NY voted no
Frank Oliver D-NY voted no
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
Charles James Thompson R-OH voted no
William Wallace Chalmers R-OH voted no
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted no
Charles Blaine Mcclintock R-OH voted no
William Mitchell Morgan R-OH voted no
Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR voted no
Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA voted no
Charles Joseph Esterly R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Thomas Cunningham Cochran R-PA voted no
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
Menalcus Lankford R-VA voted no
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted no
John Franklin Miller R-WA voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV voted no
John Marshall Wolverton R-WV voted no
Vincent Michael Carter R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To direct sergeant-at-arms to bring in…: House Vote, May 14, 1930,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/71-H-42/to-direct-sergeant-at-arms-to-bring-in-absentees (accessed 2026-10-17).