Senate roll call 293 · 71st Congress · Mar 22, 1930
To amend H.R. 2667, by prohibiting the importation of avocados having less than 8% fat content by weight as determined by chemical analysis. (p. 5949-1)
On Mar 22, 1930, the Senate voted 16–47 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–34, Democrats 7–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 22, 1930
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 34 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- 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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