Senate roll call 353 · 71st Congress · Jun 27, 1930
To amend H.R. 12902, by increasing the expenditure for investigation of enforcement of prohibition laws for 1931 from $50,000 and unexpended balance of appropri
On Jun 27, 1930, the Senate voted 31–35 (HR 12902). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–11, Democrats 3–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 31
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 27, 1930
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn 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
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene 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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