Senate roll call 306 · 71st Congress · Apr 21, 1930
To recommit S. 51 to committee on immigration. (p. 7325-1)
On Apr 21, 1930, the Senate voted 34–38 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–27, Democrats 18–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 34
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 21, 1930
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 27 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- 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
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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