Senate roll call 194 · 73rd Congress · May 14, 1934
To amend S. 3487, by providing that reconstruction finance corp. Is authorized to loan directly to municiplities, subject to certain conditions.
On May 14, 1934, the Senate voted 16–42 (S 3487). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–29, Republicans 4–16, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 16
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 14, 1934
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 29 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted yes
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-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
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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