Senate roll call 326 · 71st Congress · May 13, 1930
To amend S. 51, a bill to subject certain immigrants born in countries of the western hemisphere to the quota under the immigration law, by placing mexico under
On May 13, 1930, the Senate voted 51–16 (S 51). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–15, Democrats 29–2, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 51
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 13, 1930
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 15 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted no
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted no
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- 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
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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