Senate roll call 328 · 71st Congress · May 14, 1930
To amend H.R. 8574, 746 stat. 427, 5-27-3-), a bill to transfer to the attorney general certain functions in the administration of the national prohibition act,
On May 14, 1930, the Senate voted 19–54 (HR 8574). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–35, Democrats 10–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 14, 1930
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 35 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- 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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