Senate roll call 243 · 71st Congress · Mar 15, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by changing the duty on shoes from 14 to 34 cents per pair. (p. 5369-2)
On Mar 15, 1930, the Senate voted 11–55 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–36, Democrats 3–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 15, 1930
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 25 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 36 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- 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
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy 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
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- 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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