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On May 18, 1936, the Senate voted 20–42 (S 3486). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–29, Republicans 4–12, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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: 20
No: 42
Did not vote: 24
Date: May 18, 1936

By party

Democrats16 yes · 29 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Sherman Minton D-IN voted yes
John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
Harry S. Truman D-MO voted yes
Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted yes
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN voted yes
Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT 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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