Senate roll call 254 · 71st Congress · Mar 17, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the tariff on bleached beeswax from 30 to 25 per cent ad valorem. (p. 1967-2, 5398-2)
On Mar 17, 1930, the Senate voted 49–11 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–4, Democrats 14–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 49
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Mar 17, 1930
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner 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
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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