Senate roll call 190 · 71st Congress · Feb 25, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the duty on certain articles in chief value silk, from 65, to 60% ad valorem. (p. 4206-2)
On Feb 25, 1930, the Senate voted 39–38 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–38, Democrats 28–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 39
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 25, 1930
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 38 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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