Senate roll call 70 · 71st Congress · Oct 25, 1929
To amend H.R. 2667 by providing 15 cents per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem on agar-agar. (p. 4902-2)
On Oct 25, 1929, the Senate voted 25–44 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–17, Democrats 1–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 25
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Oct 25, 1929
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 28 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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