Senate roll call 23 · 71st Congress · May 29, 1929
To pass S. 312. (p. 2159-2)
On May 29, 1929, the Senate voted 57–26 (S 312). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–9, Democrats 16–20. 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
- 57
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 29, 1929
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- William Edgar Borah 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
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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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