Senate roll call 391 · 71st Congress · Jan 10, 1931
To agree to a resolution providing that the executive clerk has directed to place on the executive calendar the names of george otis smith, marcel garsoud, and
On Jan 10, 1931, the Senate voted 36–23. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–22, Democrats 27–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 36
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jan 10, 1931
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 22 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- 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
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- 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
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher 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
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale 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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