Senate roll call 260 · 71st Congress · Mar 19, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by transferring oil and petroleum to the dutiable list and to strike out provisions from present bill that put oil on the free list. (p. 54
On Mar 19, 1930, the Senate voted 29–38 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–19, Democrats 9–28, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 29
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 19, 1930
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 28 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 19 no · 15 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
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA 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 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
- Key Pittman D-NV 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
- 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
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- 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
- 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
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-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
- Lee Slater Overman 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
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