To amend S. 312 (46 ST. 21, june 18, 1929) a bill providing for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of representati

On Jun 6, 1929, the House voted 188–189 (S 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 203–49, Democrats 0–154. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 49 members voted against their own party.

During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 188
No: 189
Did not vote: 50
Date: Jun 6, 1929

By party

Democrats0 yes · 154 no · 22 didn’t vote
Republicans203 yes · 49 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted no
Philip David Swing R-CA voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted no
William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted no
Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted no
Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL voted no
Frank Marion Ramey R-IL voted no
Edward Michael Irwin R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
Ruth Hanna Mccormick R-IL voted no
Harry Emerson Rowbottom R-IN voted no
Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN voted no
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted no
Judson Lincoln Newhall R-KY voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Henry Clancy R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO voted no
John William Palmer R-MO voted no
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Scott Leavitt R-MT voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV voted no
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted no
Charles James Thompson R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R-OH voted no
William Wallace Chalmers R-OH voted no
John Gordon Cooper R-OH voted no
Charles O'Connor R-OK voted no
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted no
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
Charles August Kading R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Florian Lampert R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Edward Everts Browne R-WI voted no
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 312 (46 ST. 21, june 18, 1929) a…: House Vote, Jun 6, 1929,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/71-H-8/to-amend-s-312-46-st-21-june-18 (accessed 2026-10-17).