Senate roll call 101 · 72nd Congress · May 5, 1932
To agree to the modified amendment to S. 51, which modified amendment provides bringing about a moratorium for one year in construction of all military and nava
On May 5, 1932, the Senate voted 17–58 (S 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–31, Democrats 8–28, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 72nd Congress (1931–1932), Herbert Hoover was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 5, 1932
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 28 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 31 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William John Bulow D-SD
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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