Senate roll call 78 · 72nd Congress · Mar 17, 1932
To determine whether a motion to recommit H.R. 8397, as modified, was germane.
On Mar 17, 1932, the Senate voted 37–26 (HR 8397). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–16, Democrats 24–9, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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
- 37
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 17, 1932
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
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
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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