Senate roll call 329 · 71st Congress · May 16, 1930
To pass S. RES. 206, requesting the secretary of commerce to furnish the Senate certain information respecting aircraft accidents since may 20, 1926. (p. 9043-
On May 16, 1930, the Senate voted 42–23 (SRE 206). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–21, Democrats 26–2, Others 1–0. 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
- 42
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- May 16, 1930
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO 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
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD 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
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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- 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
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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