House roll call 35 · 73rd Congress · May 12, 1933
To agree to H.RES. 121, providing for consideration of H.RES. 95, proposing an investigation of the moving picture industry.
On May 12, 1933, the House voted 115–227 (HRE 121). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 91–162, Republicans 25–69, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 116 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
- 115
- No
- 227
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 12, 1933
By party
- Democrats91 yes · 162 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 69 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted yes
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL voted yes
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted yes
- William Ben Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA voted yes
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA voted yes
- Charles Kramer D-CA voted yes
- John Harley Burke D-CA voted yes
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted yes
- John Andrew Martin D-CO voted yes
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT voted yes
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted yes
- Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA voted yes
- Albert Clinton Willford D-IA voted yes
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted yes
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted yes
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted yes
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted yes
- Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL voted yes
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted yes
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- James Simpson Jr. R-IL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted yes
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted yes
- Martin Adlai Brennan D-IL voted yes
- Walter Nesbit D-IL voted yes
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted yes
- George Richard Durgan D-IN voted yes
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN voted yes
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted yes
- Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS voted yes
- Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin Mccarthy D-KS voted yes
- John Young Brown D-KY voted yes
- William Joseph Granfield D-MA voted yes
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted yes
- John Camillus Lehr D-MI voted yes
- Claude Ernest Cady D-MI voted yes
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
- Carl May Weideman D-MI voted yes
- John David Dingell D-MI voted yes
- John Lesinski D-MI voted yes
- Ray Park Chase R-MN voted yes
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO voted yes
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO voted yes
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO voted yes
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted yes
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT voted yes
- Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT voted yes
- Edward William Pou D-NC voted yes
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Terry McGovern Carpenter D-NE voted yes
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ voted yes
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted yes
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Frank Oliver D-NY voted yes
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted yes
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY voted yes
- Parker Corning D-NY voted yes
- Frank Crowther R-NY voted yes
- Frederick James Sisson D-NY voted yes
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted yes
And 36 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA
- Denver Samuel Church D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- John Harley Burke D-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA
- Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA
- Albert Clinton Willford D-IA
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- James Simpson Jr. R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Martin Adlai Brennan D-IL
- Walter Nesbit D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- George Richard Durgan D-IN
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS
- Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin Mccarthy D-KS
- John Young Brown D-KY
- William Joseph Granfield D-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME
- John Camillus Lehr D-MI
- Claude Ernest Cady D-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Carl May Weideman D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Francis Henry Shoemaker O-MN
- Henry Martin Arens O-MN
- Magnus Johnson O-MN
- Ray Park Chase R-MN
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Clement Cabell Dickinson D-MO
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS
- Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT
- Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Terry McGovern Carpenter D-NE
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Frank Oliver D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Frederick James Sisson D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- Charles Franklin West D-OH
- Charles Vilas Truax D-OH
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Fletcher B. Swank D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Charles Henry Martin D-OR
- James Joseph Connolly R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- William Markle Berlin D-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Michael Joseph Muldowney R-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Francis Bernard Condon D-RI
- John Matthew O'Connell D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- John Clarence Taylor D-SC
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD
- Theodore B. Werner D-SD
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Marion Anthony Zioncheck D-WA
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- Wesley Lloyd D-WA
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI
- Gerald John Boileau R-WI
- James Frederic Hughes D-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- John Kee D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- David Delano Glover D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Ralph Roscoe Eltse R-CA
- Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA
- William Elmer Evans R-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- William Isham Traeger R-CA
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA
- Charles J. Colden D-CA
- Samuel LaFort Collins R-CA
- George Burnham R-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Charles Montague Bakewell R-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Homer Cling Parker D-GA
- Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Thomas Chalkley Coffin D-ID
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL
- Jackson Leroy Adair D-IL
- James Frank Gillespie D-IL
- Donald Claude Dobbins D-IL
- James Earl Major D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN
- James Indus Farley D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- William Randolph Carpenter D-KS
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Cap Robert Carden D-KY
- Finley Hamilton D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- Glover H. Cary D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- William Voris Gregory D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Cleveland Dear D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- John Joseph Douglass D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Edward Carleton Moran Jr. D-ME
- John Gregg Utterback D-ME
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Harry Webster Musselwhite D-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- Theodore Christianson R-MN
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- James Edward Ruffin D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Lawrence Russell Ellzey D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- John Henry Morehead D-NE
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Edgar Howard D-NE
- Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger D-NE
- William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Peter Angelo Cavicchia R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- William Frank Brunner D-NY
- George Washington Lindsay D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Patrick J. Carley D-NY
- Stephen Andrew Rudd D-NY
- Anning Smith Prall D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Davenport Clarke R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY
- James Lucius Whitley R-NY
- John Fitzgibbons D-NY
- John Baker Hollister R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH
- Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Ernest Whitworth Marland D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- James Montgomery Beck R-PA
- George Washington Edmonds R-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Charles Murray Turpin R-PA
- George Franklin Brumm R-PA
- William Emanuel Richardson D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Thomas Cunningham Cochran R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Jesse Howard Swick R-PA
- Charles Noel Crosby D-PA
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oliver Harlan Cross D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Butler Terrell D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. D-TX
- Sterling Price Strong D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- George Washington Blanchard R-WI
- Charles William Francis Henney D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- Vincent Michael Carter R-WY
Voted present
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Henry Hoeppel D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- William Lincoln Higgins R-CT
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- Patrick Henry Moynihan R-IL
- Frank R. Reid R-IL
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL
- James Andrew Meeks D-IL
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Numa Francois Montet D-LA
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- David John Lewis D-MD
- George Ernest Foulkes D-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Einar Hoidale D-MN
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Frank Hood Lee D-MO
- James Robert Claiborne D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Byron Berry Harlan D-OH
- Leroy Tate Marshall R-OH
- Warren Joseph Duffey D-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH
- William Louis Fiesinger D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Alfred Marpole Waldron R-PA
- Edward Lowber Stokes R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Joshua Twing Brooks D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN
- Edward Hull Crump D-TN
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Lynn Sedwick Hornor D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- Archibald Hill Carmichael D-AL
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- Isabella Selmes Greenway D-AZ
- Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Wilbur Louis Adams D-DE
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Jared Young Sanders Jr. D-LA
- Michael James Hart D-MI
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- William David Thomas R-NY
- Marian Williams Clarke R-NY
- Elmer Ebenezer Studley D-NY
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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