Senate roll call 321 · 71st Congress · May 7, 1930
To advise and consent to the nomination of judge john j. Parker as associate justice of supreme court.
On May 7, 1930, the Senate voted 39–41. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–22, Democrats 13–26, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 39
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 7, 1930
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 26 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted no
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- 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
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- 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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