Senate roll call 2 · 71st Congress · May 3, 1929
To amend S.J. RES. 25, providing further relief for farmers and fruit growers in the storm and flood stricken areas of VA., n.c., s.c., ga., fla., and ala. And
On May 3, 1929, the Senate voted 23–55 (SJR 25). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–42, Democrats 17–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 23
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 3, 1929
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 42 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- 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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson 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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