Senate roll call 191 · 70th Congress · Mar 3, 1929
To recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow. (p.5170-2)
On Mar 3, 1929, the Senate voted 39–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–26, Democrats 24–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 39
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 3, 1929
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- 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
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Earle Bradford Mayfield D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- William Cabell Bruce D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- George Payne Mclean R-CT
- Thomas Coleman Du Pont R-DE
- Frank Robert Gooding R-ID
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- 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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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