To recede from Senate amendments #46 and #47 to H.R. 12280. (p. 15631-2)

On Jul 16, 1932, the Senate voted 29–35 (HR 12280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–12, Democrats 5–25, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 29
No: 35
Did not vote: 34
Date: Jul 16, 1932

By party

Democrats5 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Cameron A. Morrison 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
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA 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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