Senate roll call 176 · 73rd Congress · Apr 28, 1934
To amend S. 3170, by providing substitute which provides for certificates of convenience and necessity, to determine carriers.
On Apr 28, 1934, the Senate voted 26–46 (S 3170). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–51, Republicans 30–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 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
- 26
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Apr 28, 1934
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 51 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Huey Pierce Long 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
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- 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
- 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
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd 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
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 3170, by providing substitute…: Senate Vote, Apr 28, 1934,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/73-S-176/to-amend-s-3170-by-providing-substitute-which-provides (accessed 2026-10-17).