Senate roll call 3 · 72nd Congress · Dec 8, 1931
To elect a President pro-tem of the Senate. (p. 68-2)
On Dec 8, 1931, the Senate voted 42–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–0, Republicans 33–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 72nd Congress (1931–1932), Herbert Hoover was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 8, 1931
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- 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
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan 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
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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