Senate roll call 27 · 72nd Congress · Dec 22, 1931
To amend H.J. RES. 147, by permitting the federal land banks to enter into agreements with borrowers to postpone payments on the same basis allowed to foreign g
On Dec 22, 1931, the Senate voted 15–60 (HJR 147). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–31, Democrats 7–32, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 22, 1931
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 32 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 31 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- John James Blaine R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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