Senate roll call 79 · 71st Congress · Nov 5, 1929
To amend H.R. 2667 by fixing a tariff on silica, crude, or any material of not more than 90 per cent silica for glass manufacture at $4.00 per ton, and silica u
On Nov 5, 1929, the Senate voted 27–44 (HR 2667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–27, Democrats 12–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 27
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Nov 5, 1929
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 27 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Daniel Frederic Steck D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Guy Despard Goff R-WV
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Justin Allen R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- 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
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Walter Evans Edge R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Coleman Livingston Blease D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Emerson Brock D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Frank Lester Greene R-VT
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Charles Samuel Deneen R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Ben Mitchell Williamson D-KY
- Frederic Mosley Sackett R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Arthur Robinson Gould R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- David Baird Jr. R-NJ
- Dwight Whitney Morrow R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Roscoe Conkling Mcculloch R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- William Bliss Pine R-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph Ridgway Grundy R-PA
- William Henry Mcmaster R-SD
- Lawrence Davis Tyson D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Frank Charles Partridge R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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