Senate roll call 425 · 71st Congress · Mar 2, 1931
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 16836, (p. 867, 3-4-31), a bill to amend the act entitled, "an act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating
On Mar 2, 1931, the Senate voted 43–32 (HR 16836). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–12, Democrats 11–20, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 2, 1931
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC voted yes
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ voted no
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson 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
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- 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
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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