Senate roll call 310 · 71st Congress · Apr 22, 1930
To amend S. 51, by striking out section 5, covering the quota of mexico for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 1930 and the fiscal year beginning july 1, 1931, i
On Apr 22, 1930, the Senate voted 40–26 (S 51). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–24, Democrats 24–2, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 40
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 22, 1930
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison 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
- 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
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- 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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