Senate roll call 382 · 71st Congress · Dec 18, 1930
To amend S. 255, a bill for the promotion of the health of mothers and infants, by eliminating the provisions for a childrens' bureau and giving the appropriati
On Dec 18, 1930, the Senate voted 5–66 (S 255). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–40, Democrats 4–27, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 5
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 18, 1930
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 40 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- William Henry King D-UT
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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