House roll call 86 · 71st Congress · Feb 14, 1931
To amend H.R. 11015 (feb. 28, 1931) a bill providing an appropriation for payment of claims of persons who suffered property damage, death or personal injury du
On Feb 14, 1931, the House voted 107–189 (HR 11015). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–123, Democrats 41–66, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 106 members voted against their own party.
During the 71st Congress (1929–1930), Herbert Hoover was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 107
- No
- 189
- Did not vote
- 160
- Date
- Feb 14, 1931
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 66 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 123 no · 90 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL voted yes
- LaFayette Lee Patterson D-AL voted yes
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted yes
- William Joshua Driver D-AR voted yes
- Pearl Peden Oldfield D-AR voted yes
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR voted yes
- Effiegene Locke Wingo D-AR voted yes
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR voted yes
- David Delano Glover D-AR voted yes
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR voted yes
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA voted yes
- Joe Crail R-CA voted yes
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
- Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Frank R. Reid R-IL voted yes
- Homer William Hall R-IL voted yes
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted yes
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- William Henry Sproul R-KS voted yes
- William Voris Gregory D-KY voted yes
- John Lloyd Dorsey Jr. D-KY voted yes
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted yes
- Charles Finley R-KY voted yes
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA voted yes
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA voted yes
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted yes
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted yes
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD voted yes
- John Edward Nelson R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted yes
- Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
- Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
- Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted yes
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted yes
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO voted yes
- David William Hopkins R-MO voted yes
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO voted yes
- John William Palmer R-MO voted yes
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
- Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO voted yes
- Robert Samuel Hall D-MS voted yes
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS voted yes
- John Morgan Evans D-MT voted yes
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC voted yes
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
- Charles Andrew Jonas R-NC voted yes
- George Moore Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Hall R-ND voted yes
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
- Edgar Howard D-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE voted yes
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted yes
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY voted yes
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted yes
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted yes
- Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY voted yes
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
- John Taber R-NY voted yes
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted yes
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted yes
And 26 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Lamar Jeffers D-AL
- LaFayette Lee Patterson D-AL
- Edward Berton Almon D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- Pearl Peden Oldfield D-AR
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- Effiegene Locke Wingo D-AR
- Heartsill Ragon D-AR
- David Delano Glover D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- Henry Ellsworth Barbour R-CA
- Joe Crail R-CA
- Herbert Jackson Drane D-FL
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- William Frederick Kopp R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Frank R. Reid R-IL
- Homer William Hall R-IL
- Richard Nash Elliott R-IN
- Andrew James Hickey R-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- William Henry Sproul R-KS
- William Voris Gregory D-KY
- John Lloyd Dorsey Jr. D-KY
- Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY
- Charles Finley R-KY
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- James Benjamin Aswell D-LA
- Frank Herbert Foss R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- Frederick William Dallinger R-MA
- Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R-MD
- John Edward Nelson R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Conrad George Selvig R-MN
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- David William Hopkins R-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Thomas Jefferson Halsey R-MO
- John William Palmer R-MO
- Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO
- Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO
- Robert Samuel Hall D-MS
- Percy Edwards Quin D-MS
- John Morgan Evans D-MT
- Charles Laban Abernethy D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Charles Andrew Jonas R-NC
- George Moore Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Hall R-ND
- James Herbert Sinclair R-ND
- Edgar Howard D-NE
- Charles Henry Sloan R-NE
- Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- David Joseph O'Connell D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY
- Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R-OH
- John Levi Cable R-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Charles Anthony Mooney D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Charles O'Connor R-OK
- William Wirt Hastings D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Thomas Deitz Mckeown D-OK
- Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA
- George Franklin Brumm R-PA
- Frederick William Magrady R-PA
- Adam Martin Wyant R-PA
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Menalcus Lankford R-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI
- John Marshall Wolverton R-WV
- Robert Lynn Hogg R-WV
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Vincent Michael Carter R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Miles Clayton Allgood D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA
- William Elmer Evans R-CA
- Philip David Swing R-CA
- William Robb Eaton R-CO
- Guy Urban Hardy R-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT
- John Quillin Tilson R-CT
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT
- Robert Griffith Houston R-DE
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Thomas Alva Yon D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- William Carter Wright D-GA
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Samuel Rutherford D-GA
- Charles Hillyer Brand D-GA
- William Chester Lankford D-GA
- Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA
- Thomas John Bright Robinson R-IA
- Cyrenus Cole R-IA
- Charles Edward Swanson R-IA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Addison Taylor Smith R-ID
- Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL
- Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL
- Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL
- John Clayton Allen R-IL
- William Edgar Hull R-IL
- Charles Adkins R-IL
- Frank Marion Ramey R-IL
- Edward Michael Irwin R-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Edward Everett Denison R-IL
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- James Whitson Dunbar R-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Albert Henry Vestal R-IN
- Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN
- William Robert Wood R-IN
- Albert Richardson Hall R-IN
- Homer Hoch R-KS
- James George Strong R-KS
- Charles Isaac Sparks R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John William Moore D-KY
- Lewis Leavell Walker R-KY
- Numa Francois Montet D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Lee Underhill R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Donald Francis Snow R-ME
- Robert Henry Clancy R-MI
- Joseph Lawrence Hooper R-MI
- John Clark Ketcham R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Louis Convers Cramton R-MI
- Bird J. Vincent R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frank Probasco Bohn R-MI
- William Francis James R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- Ralph Fulton Lozier D-MO
- Jacob Le Roy Milligan D-MO
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- Scott Leavitt R-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Olger Burton Burtness R-ND
- John Henry Morehead D-NE
- Fred Gustus Johnson R-NE
- Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE
- Edward Hills Wason R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Franklin William Fort R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY
- Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- James Lucius Whitley R-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R-OH
- William Wallace Chalmers R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- John Charles Speaks R-OH
- Joseph Edward Baird R-OH
- Francis Seiberling R-OH
- Charles Ellis Moore R-OH
- Charles Blaine Mcclintock R-OH
- William Mitchell Morgan R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Ulysses Stevens Stone R-OK
- James Vernon Mcclintic D-OK
- Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Charles Murray Turpin R-PA
- Charles Joseph Esterly R-PA
- Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- James Russell Leech R-PA
- Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA
- Henry Wilson Temple R-PA
- Jesse Howard Swick R-PA
- Nathan Leroy Strong R-PA
- Thomas Cunningham Cochran R-PA
- William Radford Coyle R-PA
- Harry Allison Estep R-PA
- Guy Edgar Campbell R-PA
- Clark Burdick R-RI
- Francis Bernard Condon D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Butler Black Hare D-SC
- Frederick Haskell Dominick D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Edward Everett Eslick D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John Calvin Box D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Daniel Edward Garrett D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Oliver Harlan Cross D-TX
- Harry McLeary Wurzbach R-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- Don Byron Colton R-UT
- Frederick Charles Loofbourow R-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Joseph Whitehead D-VA
- Jacob Aaron Garber R-VA
- Robert Walton Moore D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Elbert Sidney Brigham R-VT
- John Franklin Miller R-WA
- John William Summers R-WA
- Charles August Kading R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- John Charles Schafer R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- George John Schneider R-WI
- Carl George Bachmann R-WV
- Frank Llewellyn Bowman R-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
Did not vote
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Otis Theodore Wingo D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Charles Forrest Curry R-CA
- Arthur Monroe Free R-CA
- Charles Bateman Timberlake R-CO
- Edward Hart Fenn R-CT
- James Peter Glynn R-CT
- Ruth Bryan Owen D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Charles Robert Crisp D-GA
- Leslie Jasper Steele D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- William Washington Larsen D-GA
- Christian William Ramseyer R-IA
- Morton Denison Hull R-IL
- Thomas Aloysius Doyle D-IL
- James Thomas Igoe D-IL
- Magne Alfred Michaelson R-IL
- Stanley Henry Kunz D-IL
- Frederick Albert Britten R-IL
- William Richard Johnson R-IL
- Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL
- William Perry Holaday R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Thomas Sutler Williams R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Ruth Hanna Mccormick R-IL
- Harry Emerson Rowbottom R-IN
- Harry Clifford Canfield D-IN
- Noble Jacob Johnson R-IN
- David Hogg R-IN
- William Augustus Ayres D-KS
- David Hayes Kincheloe D-KY
- John Durrett Craddock R-KY
- Judson Lincoln Newhall R-KY
- Robert E. Lee Blackburn R-KY
- Elva Roscoe Kendall R-KY
- Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- James O'Connor D-LA
- James Zacharie Spearing D-LA
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Bolivar Edwards Kemp D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- William Joseph Granfield D-MA
- William Kirk Kaynor R-MA
- George Russell Stobbs R-MA
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA
- John Joseph Douglass D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Linwood Leon Clark R-MD
- John Charles Linthicum D-MD
- Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME
- Grant Martin Hudson R-MI
- Frank Clague R-MN
- Walter Hughes Newton R-MN
- William Ignatius Nolan R-MN
- Ole Juulson Kvale O-MN
- Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO
- Charles Edward Kiefner R-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Rowland Louis Johnston R-MO
- James William Collier D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Charles Manly Stedman D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Hinton James D-NC
- William Cicero Hammer D-NC
- Willis Gratz Sears R-NE
- Fletcher Hale R-NH
- Harold Giles Hoffman R-NJ
- Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ
- Albert Gallatin Simms R-NM
- William Frank Brunner D-NY
- George Washington Lindsay D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- John Francis Quayle D-NY
- Patrick J. Carley D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Anning Smith Prall D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R-NY
- John Francis Carew D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Frank Oliver D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- James Southworth Parker R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY
- John Davenport Clarke R-NY
- Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY
- Edmund Francis Cooke R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Charles James Thompson R-OH
- Charles Brand R-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Milton Cline Garber R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR
- James Montgomery Beck R-PA
- George Scott Graham R-PA
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- Benjamin Martin Golder R-PA
- James Joseph Connolly R-PA
- George Austin Welsh R-PA
- Henry Winfield Watson R-PA
- William Walton Griest R-PA
- Edgar Raymond Kiess R-PA
- Edward McMath Beers R-PA
- Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA
- Franklin Menges R-PA
- James Mitchell Chase R-PA
- Samuel Austin Kendall R-PA
- Milton William Shreve R-PA
- Edmund Frederick Erk R-PA
- Stephen Geyer Porter R-PA
- Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan R-PA
- Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI
- Jeremiah Edward O'Connell D-RI
- William Francis Stevenson D-SC
- Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD
- William Williamson R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Gordon Weaver Browning D-TN
- Hubert Frederick Fisher D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Clay Stone Briggs D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Guinn Williams D-TX
- Augustus Mccloskey D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- Claude Benton Hudspeth D-TX
- Robert Quincy Lee D-TX
- Elmer O. Leatherwood R-UT
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Joseph Crockett Shaffer R-VA
- Lindley Hoag Hadley R-WA
- Albert Johnson R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Florian Lampert R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- Edward Everts Browne R-WI
- James Archibald Frear R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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