Senate roll call 112 · 71st Congress · Dec 13, 1929
To amend H.J. RES. 133 by a reduction in freight rates on wheat, cotton, other raw agricultural products and livestock to help farmers and people in general inc
On Dec 13, 1929, the Senate voted 12–60 (HJR 133). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–40, Democrats 5–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 13, 1929
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 40 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- John James Blaine R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham 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
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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