Senate roll call 204 · 71st Congress · Mar 4, 1930
To postpone consideration of the sugar schedule in H.R. 2667. (p. 4701)
On Mar 4, 1930, the Senate voted 24–49 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–41, Democrats 20–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 24
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 4, 1930
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 41 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- John James Blaine R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene 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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