Senate roll call 301 · 71st Congress · Apr 17, 1930
To consider S. 168, a bill providing for the biennial appointment of a board of visitors to inspect and report upon the government and conditions in the phillip
On Apr 17, 1930, the Senate voted 25–50 (S 168). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–18, Democrats 0–31, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 50
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 17, 1930
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 31 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-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
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock 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
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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