To consider S. 3344, a bill supplementing the national prohibition act for the district of columbia.

On Jan 23, 1931, the Senate voted 39–29 (S 3344). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–21, Democrats 23–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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: 39
No: 29
Did not vote: 36
Date: Jan 23, 1931

By party

Democrats23 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 21 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL voted yes
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS 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
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
Frank Charles Partridge R-VT voted yes
Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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