Senate roll call 413 · 71st Congress · Feb 7, 1931
To amend H.R. 16297, (46-stat-1164, 2-16-31), a bill to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and act amend
On Feb 7, 1931, the Senate voted 7–52 (HR 16297). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–28, Democrats 1–26, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 7
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 7, 1931
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 28 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- 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 Henry King D-UT voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- 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 Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- 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
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Hamilton Fish Kean 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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