Senate roll call 140 · 72nd Congress · May 30, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by providing that no tax be levied on stock certificates deposited, nor upon mere loans of stock in short selling operations in stock marke
On May 30, 1932, the Senate voted 37–40 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 27–14, Democrats 11–26, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 37
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 30, 1932
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley 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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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