To amend H.R. 13975, a bill making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1933, and prior fi

On Jan 12, 1933, the Senate voted 51–26 (HR 13975). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–25, Democrats 36–1, Others 1–0. 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: 51
No: 26
Did not vote: 24
Date: Jan 12, 1933

By party

Democrats36 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
John Thomas R-ID voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
James Couzens R-MI voted yes
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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