Senate roll call 151 · 72nd Congress · May 31, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by striking out lower rate and inserting the rate of 3 and 3/4 per cent tax on the income of life insurance companies, less amount deducted
On May 31, 1932, the Senate voted 54–30 (HR 10236). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–19, Republicans 30–11, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 54
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 31, 1932
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan 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
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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