To amend H.R. 10236, by eliminating 2% sales tax on automobile truck bodies and truck chassis. (p. 11037-1)

On May 24, 1932, the Senate voted 29–40 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–26, Democrats 19–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 29
No: 40
Did not vote: 30
Date: May 24, 1932

By party

Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 26 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV 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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