Senate roll call 54 · 71st Congress · Oct 11, 1929
To amend H.R. 2667, by prohibiting importation under penalty of seizure and forfeiture, of all indecent and obscene prints, printings, advertisments, cards, ins
On Oct 11, 1929, the Senate voted 38–36 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–30, Democrats 23–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 38
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Oct 11, 1929
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 30 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- William Bliss Pine R-OK voted yes
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted yes
- William Emerson Brock D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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