Senate roll call 189 · 73rd Congress · May 14, 1934
To amend S. 3487, a bill providing for a federal reserve bank loans for industry, by authorizing reconstruction finance corp. To make 20 year loans for producti
On May 14, 1934, the Senate voted 37–37 (S 3487). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–21, Republicans 11–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 37
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 14, 1934
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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