Senate roll call 138 · 73rd Congress · Mar 21, 1934
To reconsider vote agreeing to norris amendment to S. 2999, a bill providing for home owners loan corporation bonds.
On Mar 21, 1934, the Senate voted 34–35 (S 2999). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 38–9, Republicans 0–34, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 34
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 21, 1934
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 34 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted no
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- William Henry Thompson D-NE voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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