To amend H.R. 8974, by raising the personal income tax starting with the $8,000 bracket.

On Aug 15, 1935, the Senate voted 22–56 (HR 8974). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–48, Republicans 8–10, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 74th Congress (1935–1936), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 22
No: 56
Did not vote: 12
Date: Aug 15, 1935

By party

Democrats13 yes · 48 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted yes
Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted yes
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT voted yes
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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