To refer H. RES. 233 to the committee on elections. H. RES. 233 provides that the speaker appoint a committee to inquire into a matter concerning the congressio

On Jun 2, 1930, the House voted 149–137 (HRE 233). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–132, Democrats 105–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 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: 149
No: 137
Did not vote: 170
Date: Jun 2, 1930

By party

Democrats105 yes · 5 no · 66 didn’t vote
Republicans44 yes · 132 no · 102 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted no
Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO voted yes
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted yes
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted yes
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted yes
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted yes
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted yes
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted yes
Frank R. Reid R-IL voted yes
John Theodore Buckbee R-IL voted yes
Edward Michael Irwin R-IL voted yes
Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
Homer Hoch R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted yes
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted yes
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
Scott Leavitt R-MT voted yes
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted no
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
John Levi Cable R-OH voted yes
Charles Brand R-OH voted yes
John Charles Speaks R-OH voted yes
William Mitchell Morgan R-OH voted yes
Ulysses Stevens Stone R-OK voted yes
Milton Cline Garber R-OK voted yes
Adam Martin Wyant R-PA voted yes
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted yes
Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX voted yes
Don Byron Colton R-UT voted yes
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
Charles August Kading R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
Florian Lampert R-WI voted yes
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted yes
George John Schneider R-WI 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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