To pass S.J.RES. 13, (p.res. 6) authorizing the attorney general, with the concurrence of the secretary of the navy, to release claims of the United States upon

On Apr 26, 1933, the House voted 244–117 (SJR 13). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 175–94, Republicans 69–21, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 115 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: 244
No: 117
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 26, 1933

By party

Democrats175 yes · 94 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans69 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no

Who broke with their party

John Mcduffie D-AL voted no
Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
William Bacon Oliver D-AL voted no
John Elvis Miller D-AR voted no
David Delano Glover D-AR voted no
Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA voted no
Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO voted no
James Hardin Peterson D-FL voted no
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
James Mark Wilcox D-FL voted no
William Joseph Sears D-FL voted no
Homer Cling Parker D-GA voted no
Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted no
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
Thomas Chalkley Coffin D-ID voted no
Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL voted no
Frank R. Reid R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
James Frank Gillespie D-IL voted no
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Donald Claude Dobbins D-IL voted no
William Wright Arnold D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
George Richard Durgan D-IN voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted no
Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS voted no
William Randolph Carpenter D-KS voted no
William Augustus Ayres D-KS voted no
William Voris Gregory D-KY voted no
John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
Edward Carleton Moran Jr. D-ME voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
John Camillus Lehr D-MI voted no
George Ernest Foulkes D-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Carl May Weideman D-MI voted no
John David Dingell D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Ray Park Chase R-MN voted no
Theodore Christianson R-MN voted no
Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted no
Frank Hood Lee D-MO voted no
James Edward Ruffin D-MO voted no
Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO voted no
Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT voted no
Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT voted no
Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC voted no
Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC voted no
Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC voted no
William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted no

And 35 more.

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 S.J.RES. 13, (p.res. 6) authorizing…: House Vote, Apr 26, 1933,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/73-H-23/to-pass-s-j-res-13-p-res-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).