To agree to the amendment to H.R. 10236, which amendment strikes out the section providing 1% and substitutes 2% on all automobile accessories, covering storage

On May 25, 1932, the Senate voted 38–34 (HR 10236). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–19, Democrats 19–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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: 38
No: 34
Did not vote: 28
Date: May 25, 1932

By party

Democrats19 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
John Sanford Cohen D-GA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
James John Davis R-PA voted no
Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
William John Bulow D-SD voted no
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the amendment to H.R. 10236…: Senate Vote, May 25, 1932,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/72-S-129/to-agree-to-the-amendment-to-h-r-10236 (accessed 2026-10-17).