Senate roll call 320 · 71st Congress · Apr 25, 1930
To consider 3060, a bill providing for the establishment of a national employment system and for the cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system
On Apr 25, 1930, the Senate voted 37–32 (S 3060). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–28, Democrats 24–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 25, 1930
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 28 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- 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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