Senate roll call 255 · 71st Congress · Mar 17, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by reducing the countervailing duty against canada on bituminous coal. (p. 5406)
On Mar 17, 1930, the Senate voted 18–51 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–34, Democrats 8–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 17, 1930
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 34 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas 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
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- 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
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- 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 Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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