Senate roll call 65 · 73rd Congress · May 31, 1933
To amend H.R. 5389, a bill providing appropriations for independent officers, by striking out SEC. 6, authorizing President to cancel any contract for transport
On May 31, 1933, the Senate voted 28–35 (HR 5389). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–31, Republicans 20–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 28
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 31, 1933
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 31 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- John Edward Erickson D-MT voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- William Henry Thompson D-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- 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
- 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
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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