Senate roll call 108 · 72nd Congress · May 18, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by making lawful the manufacture and sale of beer containing 2.75% alcohol by volume. (p. 10425-1)
On May 18, 1932, the Senate voted 24–61 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–33, Democrats 13–29, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 24
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 18, 1932
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 29 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 33 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-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
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William John Bulow D-SD
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- 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
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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