To reconsider the vote agreeing to the amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 12280. (p. 15092-1)

On Jul 12, 1932, the Senate voted 47–23 (HR 12280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–9, Democrats 19–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 47
No: 23
Did not vote: 24
Date: Jul 12, 1932

By party

Democrats19 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted no
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
John Sanford Cohen D-GA voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
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
Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
William John Bulow D-SD voted no
Carter Glass D-VA 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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