To override the President's veto of H.R. 3896.

On May 23, 1935, the Senate voted 54–40 (HR 3896). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–28, Republicans 12–12, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 54
No: 40
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 23, 1935

By party

Democrats41 yes · 28 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE voted no
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted no
William Henry Dieterich D-IL voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted no
Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH voted no
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-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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