Senate roll call 138 · 71st Congress · Jan 27, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the duty on certain articles from a specified percentage ad valorem plus 45 cents per pound, to only the per cent ad valorem. (
On Jan 27, 1930, the Senate voted 26–48 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–33, Democrats 14–15, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 26
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 27, 1930
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 33 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- 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
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard 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
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
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