Senate roll call 121 · 72nd Congress · May 24, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by providing additional revenue through a tax on automobile truck chassis and bodies and on automobile chassis and motor cycles. (p. 11028
On May 24, 1932, the Senate voted 30–39 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–19, Democrats 15–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 30
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 24, 1932
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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