To suspend rules and pass H.R. 17054 (p. 743, feb. 27, 1931) with an amendment, a bill to increase the loan basis of adjusted service certificates, which amendm

On Feb 16, 1931, the House voted 363–39 (HR 17054). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 213–41, Democrats 158–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 41 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: 363
No: 39
Did not vote: 43
Date: Feb 16, 1931

By party

Democrats158 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans213 yes · 41 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Hart Fenn R-CT voted no
Richard Patrick Freeman R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Morton Denison Hull R-IL voted no
Elliott Wilford Sproul R-IL voted no
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
George Russell Stobbs R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Donald Francis Snow R-ME voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Franklin William Fort R-NJ voted no
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
James Montgomery Beck R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
Laurence Hawley Watres R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
James Russell Leech R-PA voted no
Franklin Menges R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
William Radford Coyle R-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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