Senate roll call 42 · 71st Congress · Sep 23, 1929
To amend H.R. 2667, by providing for seizure of narcotic drugs found on vessels arriving in port, not on manifest, and making the master of the vessel liable fo
On Sep 23, 1929, the Senate voted 23–54 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–25, Democrats 4–31, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 23
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Sep 23, 1929
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 31 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
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