Senate roll call 379 · 71st Congress · Dec 17, 1930
To recommit S. 255 to the committee on education and labor. S. 255 is a bill for the promotion of the health of mothers and infants. The motion to recommit car
On Dec 17, 1930, the Senate voted 14–74 (S 255). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–41, Democrats 6–33, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 14
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 17, 1930
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 33 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 41 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas 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
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-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
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- 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
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- 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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