To amend H.R. 2667, by increasing duty from 17 1/2 to 20% ad valorem on leather, hides etc. (p. 5385-2,5386-1,5703-1)

On Mar 20, 1930, the Senate voted 35–36 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–15, Democrats 9–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 35
No: 36
Did not vote: 29
Date: Mar 20, 1930

By party

Democrats9 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans32 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
John Marshall Robsion R-KY 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
George William Norris R-NE voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
Morris Sheppard 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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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