Senate roll call 178 · 70th Congress · Feb 27, 1929
To proceed to consideration of the conference report relating to S. 2366 (45 stat. L. 1503, app. 3/2/1929), a bill to amend subchapter 1 of chapter 18 of the co
On Feb 27, 1929, the Senate voted 21–37 (S 2366). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–26, Democrats 13–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 21
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 27, 1929
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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