To amend H.R. 2667 by reducing the tariff on unstemmed wrapper tobacco from $3.15 to $2.75 per pound. (p. 5713-2)

On Nov 18, 1929, the Senate voted 49–26 (HR 2667). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–15, Democrats 17–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 49
No: 26
Did not vote: 33
Date: Nov 18, 1929

By party

Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans32 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted no
Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
William Julius Harris D-GA voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted no
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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