Senate roll call 300 · 71st Congress · Apr 10, 1930
To amend H.R. 5231, (5-15-30), a bill making appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1931, by striking out the proviso which states that no part of t
On Apr 10, 1930, the Senate voted 25–35 (HR 5231). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–11, Democrats 1–26, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 10, 1930
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- 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
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge 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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