Senate roll call 30 · 72nd Congress · Dec 22, 1931
To amend h.c. Res. 5, providing that the two houses adjourn on tuesday dec. 22, 1931 until 12 o'clock noon, monday jan. 4, 1932, by providing that adjournment s
On Dec 22, 1931, the Senate voted 33–39 (HCR 5). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–27, Republicans 23–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 33
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 22, 1931
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 19 no · 8 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 no
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA voted no
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- William Julius Harris D-GA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- 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
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- 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
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
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