Senate roll call 327 · 71st Congress · May 14, 1930
To amend H.R. 8574, (46 stat. 427, 5-27-30), a bill to transfer to the attorney general certain functions in the administration of the national prohibition act
On May 14, 1930, the Senate voted 11–61 (HR 8574). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–42, Democrats 6–21, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 11
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 14, 1930
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 42 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black 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
- 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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Did not vote
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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