Senate roll call 189 · 70th Congress · Mar 2, 1929
To sustain the decision of the chair appealed form by hariam bingham (r. Conn.), made during consideration of H. R. 13929, which decision held that a motion to
On Mar 2, 1929, the Senate voted 24–32 (HR 13929). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–20, Democrats 13–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Mar 2, 1929
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Alexander Reed D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- 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 Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- 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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Cyrus Locher D-OH
- Frank Bartlett Willis R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- 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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