Senate roll call 187 · 70th Congress · Mar 2, 1929
To adjourn, made during debate on H. R. 13929 (45 stat. L. 1694, app. 3/4/1929), a bill to provide for enlarging the capitol grounds. (p.5062-2)
On Mar 2, 1929, the Senate voted 16–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–30, Democrats 11–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Mar 2, 1929
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 30 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- James Alexander Reed D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Edward Irving Edwards D-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones D-NM
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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