To recommit to the committee on territories and insular affairs, H.R. 7233, with instructions to report the bill back not later than tuesday, dec. 20, 1932. (p

On Dec 17, 1932, the Senate voted 19–54 (HR 7233). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–19, Democrats 0–36, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 19
No: 54
Did not vote: 28
Date: Dec 17, 1932

By party

Democrats0 yes · 36 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO voted no
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
James John Davis R-PA voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
Robert Davis Carey R-WY 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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