Senate roll call 199 · 71st Congress · Feb 28, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by inserting on pages 35, after line 2, in paragraph 99 (a), "crude petroleum and fuel petroleum $1 per barrel of 42 gallons; (b) petroleum
On Feb 28, 1930, the Senate voted 27–39 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–21, Democrats 8–27, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 27
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 28, 1930
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally 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
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- 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 Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- 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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