To amend S. RES. 19, providing that all business of the Senate shall be transacted in open session, unless the Senate in closed session by a majority vote shall

On Jun 18, 1929, the Senate voted 59–15 (SRE 19). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–14, Democrats 31–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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: 59
No: 15
Did not vote: 30
Date: Jun 18, 1929

By party

Democrats31 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans32 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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