Senate roll call 58 · 73rd Congress · May 12, 1933
To amend H.R. 5040, by striking out the capital tax-levy feature of it, leaving it to apply only as to inheritance and gift taxes and income taxes, limiting the
On May 12, 1933, the Senate voted 14–50 (HR 5040). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–35, Republicans 5–18, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 14
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 12, 1933
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 35 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- 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
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- 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
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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