To pass the first provision of S. RES. 273, relieving the Senate conferees on the tariff bill from their promise relating to separate votes in the Senate on the

On May 19, 1930, the Senate voted 43–41 (SRE 273). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–14, Democrats 7–29, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 43
No: 41
Did not vote: 18
Date: May 19, 1930

By party

Democrats7 yes · 29 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans40 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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