Senate roll call 314 · 71st Congress · Apr 23, 1930
To amend S. 51, by placing canada upon an immigration quota. (p. 7531-2,7532-1)
On Apr 23, 1930, the Senate voted 13–44 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–27, Democrats 5–18, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Apr 23, 1930
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 27 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock 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
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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