Senate roll call 303 · 71st Congress · Apr 21, 1930
To amend S. 51, so as to permit about 81,000 immigrants to enter the U.S. Under the quota. (p. 7320-2)
On Apr 21, 1930, the Senate voted 33–34 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–32, Democrats 22–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 33
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Apr 21, 1930
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 32 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer 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
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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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