Senate roll call 389 · 71st Congress · Jan 9, 1931
To recall the resolution of confirmation as regards george otis smith.
On Jan 9, 1931, the Senate voted 44–37. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–35, Democrats 33–5, 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
- 44
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 9, 1931
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 35 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Emerson Brock D-TN voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- 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
- 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
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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