Senate roll call 76 · 75th Congress · Dec 10, 1937
To amend S. 2787, by exempting the little farmer up to $300 from quota reductions and acreage reductions and basing him on a fixed amount of $300.
On Dec 10, 1937, the Senate voted 28–50 (S 2787). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–47, Republicans 14–0, Others 0–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 28
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 10, 1937
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 47 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH voted yes
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- George Leonard Berry D-TN voted yes
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- George Leonard Berry D-TN
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dixie Bibb Graves D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- 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
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- George William Norris I-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- 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
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Gerald Milton D-NJ
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Alfred Evan Reames D-OR
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
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