Senate roll call 180 · 71st Congress · Feb 18, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by placing the duty on silver bearing ores and mattes of all kinds, at 30 cents per ounce. (p. 3852-1)
On Feb 18, 1930, the Senate voted 32–36 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–28, Democrats 15–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 32
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 18, 1930
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 28 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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