Senate roll call 261 · 71st Congress · Mar 19, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by placing a duty of fifty cents per barrel on crude or fuel oil and 25% ad valorem on oil products instead of having these items on free li
On Mar 19, 1930, the Senate voted 28–32 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–18, Democrats 9–23, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 28
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 19, 1930
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 18 no · 16 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 Huntington Gillett R-MA 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
- 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
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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