Senate roll call 304 · 71st Congress · Apr 21, 1930
To amend an amendment to S. 51, so as to provide that the national origins provisions of the immigration laws will remain intact, and will be the law in the fut
On Apr 21, 1930, the Senate voted 29–43 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–33, Democrats 20–9, 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
- 29
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Apr 21, 1930
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 33 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- 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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- 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
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison 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
- 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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