Senate roll call 337 · 71st Congress · May 23, 1930
To amend H.R. 6, by excluding from the tax levy preparations made of "oil compounds." (p. 9443-2)
On May 23, 1930, the Senate voted 28–40 (HR 6). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–32, Democrats 20–8. 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
- 28
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 23, 1930
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 32 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- 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
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- 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
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- 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
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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