Senate roll call 423 · 71st Congress · Feb 26, 1931
To amend H.R. 17163 (46st.-1552,-3-4-31) a bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1931,
On Feb 26, 1931, the Senate voted 13–68 (HR 17163). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–36, Democrats 4–32, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 26, 1931
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 32 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 36 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Frank Lester Greene 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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