Senate roll call 146 · 70th Congress · Feb 2, 1929
Confirmation of george r. Cooksey, floyd r. Harris, and eugene meyer as members of the federal farm loan board. (p. 147-2)
On Feb 2, 1929, the Senate voted 60–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–8, Democrats 27–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 70th Congress (1927–1928), Calvin Coolidge was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 60
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 2, 1929
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black 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
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George William Norris R-NE
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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