Senate roll call 100 · 71st Congress · Dec 3, 1929
To postpone the consideration of S. RES. 111 denying william s. Vare a seat in the U.S. Senate as a senator from the state of pa., until the following monday at
On Dec 3, 1929, the Senate voted 31–43 (SRE 111). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–14, Democrats 2–32, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 31
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 3, 1929
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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