Senate roll call 24 · 75th Congress · Apr 29, 1937
To agree to conference report on S.J. RES. 51.
On Apr 29, 1937, the Senate voted 41–15 (SJR 51). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 58–6, Republicans 1–14. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 75th Congress (1937–1938), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 29, 1937
By party
- Democrats58 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 14 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted no
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Herbert Emery Hitchcock D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William Henry King D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
Voted present
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixie Bibb Graves D-AL
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- John Gerald Milton D-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Alfred Evan Reames D-OR
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- William John Bulow D-SD
- George Leonard Berry D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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