Senate roll call 404 · 71st Congress · Jan 29, 1931
To amend H.R. 15593, by authorizing and directing the federal farm board to make 20,000,000 bushels of wheat available to provide food for the distressed people
On Jan 29, 1931, the Senate voted 46–16 (HR 15593). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–15, Democrats 32–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 46
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jan 29, 1931
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ voted no
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI 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
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- 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
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
Did not vote
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- 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
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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