Senate roll call 400 · 71st Congress · Jan 28, 1931
To suspend paragraph 3 of rule xvi of the standing rules of the Senate and allow an amendment to H.R. 15593. The amendment authorizes the SEC. Of war to lease
On Jan 28, 1931, the Senate voted 43–27 (HR 15593). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–28, Democrats 30–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 43
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 28, 1931
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 28 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Did not vote
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene 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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