Senate roll call 145 · 72nd Congress · May 31, 1932
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 10236, which amendment provides that no tax shall be imposed for electrical energy or gas furnished to the United States or to
On May 31, 1932, the Senate voted 35–47 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 27–19, Democrats 11–30, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 35
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 31, 1932
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 30 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 19 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS 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
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Cordell Hull D-TN 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
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- 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
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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