Senate roll call 14 · 71st Congress · May 24, 1929
To recess until tomorrow (saturday) at 12 o'clock.
On May 24, 1929, the Senate voted 62–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–3, Democrats 17–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 62
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 24, 1929
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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