Senate roll call 159 · 73rd Congress · Apr 11, 1934
To amend the committee amendment to H.R. 7835, by striking out SEC. 603, which provides a federal emergency tax of 1 per gallon of gasoline.
On Apr 11, 1934, the Senate voted 29–46 (HR 7835). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–35, Republicans 16–12, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 29
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 11, 1934
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 35 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA voted yes
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- John Edward Erickson D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted no
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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