Senate roll call 378 · 71st Congress · Dec 11, 1930
To amend H.R. 14804, by providing that states reimburse the U.S. One-half of the cost of road construction. (p. 575-2)
On Dec 11, 1930, the Senate voted 32–42 (HR 14804). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–34, Democrats 21–8, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 32
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Dec 11, 1930
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 34 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar 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
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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