To amend H.R. 3835, by providing for loans to farmers at 3 1/2% (appropriation costs government 4%).

On Apr 20, 1933, the Senate voted 33–45 (HR 3835). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–39, Republicans 21–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 33
No: 45
Did not vote: 18
Date: Apr 20, 1933

By party

Democrats13 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted yes
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
John Edward Erickson D-MT voted yes
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI voted yes
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
Robert Davis Carey R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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