Senate roll call 31 · 71st Congress · Jun 17, 1929
To pass S. RES. 91, instructing the committee on finance to limit its hearings, deliberations, recommendations, and report upon the tariff bill to the agricultu
On Jun 17, 1929, the Senate voted 38–39 (SRE 91). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–38, Democrats 28–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 38
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 17, 1929
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 38 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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