Senate roll call 11 · 71st Congress · May 24, 1929
To amend 312, by leaving to the President the duty of making a report, but to leave to Congress the duty of making apportionment. (p. 1856-1,1860-2)
On May 24, 1929, the Senate voted 38–45 (S 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–41, Democrats 29–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 38
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 24, 1929
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 41 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- 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
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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