Senate roll call 254 · 72nd Congress · Feb 6, 1933
To amend H.R. 13520, by striking out SEC. 14, which provides that the civil service commission shall investigate and install in the departments uniform methods
On Feb 6, 1933, the Senate voted 39–32 (HR 13520). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–6, Democrats 6–27, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 39
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 6, 1933
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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