To pass H.R. 5040, extending the gasoline tax for one year and modifying postage rates on mail matter, and for other purposes.

On Apr 20, 1933, the House voted 313–46 (HR 5040). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 277–0, Republicans 54–46, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 members voted against their own party.

During the 73rd Congress (1933–1934), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 313
No: 46
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 20, 1933

By party

Democrats277 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans54 yes · 46 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted no
Ralph Roscoe Eltse R-CA voted no
William Elmer Evans R-CA voted no
William Lincoln Higgins R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT voted no
Charles Montague Bakewell R-CT voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
James Simpson Jr. R-IL voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS voted no
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
David Lane Powers R-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted no
Peter Angelo Cavicchia R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY voted no
Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
John Baker Hollister R-OH voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Chester Castle Bolton R-OH voted no
Edward Lowber Stokes R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
John William Ditter R-PA voted no
Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA voted no
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 5040, extending the gasoline…: House Vote, Apr 20, 1933,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/73-H-15/to-pass-h-r-5040-extending-the-gasoline-tax (accessed 2026-10-17).