Senate roll call 403 · 71st Congress · Jan 29, 1931
To suspend paragraph 3 of rule xvi in order that an amendment to H.R. 15593 may be submitted. The amendment authorizes the secretary of war to supply electric e
On Jan 29, 1931, the Senate voted 34–31 (HR 15593). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–30, 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
- 34
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 29, 1931
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 30 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD 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
- Peter Norbeck 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
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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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