Senate roll call 174 · 73rd Congress · Apr 28, 1934
To amend S. 3170, a bill providing for revision of air-mail laws, by authorizing President to appoint commission to study air-mail and aeronautics; authorizing
On Apr 28, 1934, the Senate voted 19–56 (S 3170). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–51, Republicans 25–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 19
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 28, 1934
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 51 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- 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
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-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
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- 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
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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