Senate roll call 209 · 71st Congress · Mar 6, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by proposing duty of 4 cents per pound on ultra-marine blues if valued at more than 10 cents per pound. (p. 4827-1,4861-1)
On Mar 6, 1930, the Senate voted 37–33 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–9, Democrats 1–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 6, 1930
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- 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
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- William Emerson Brock 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
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- 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
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- 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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