Senate roll call 141 · 72nd Congress · May 30, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by increasing tax on stock certificates sales etc. Of each $100 of par value from 4 cents to 6 cents. (p. 11541-2)
On May 30, 1932, the Senate voted 32–47 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–30, Democrats 18–18, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 32
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 30, 1932
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 30 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- James Couzens 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg 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
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- 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
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- 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
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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