To pass S.J. RES. 3, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States, fixing the commencement of the terms of President and vice-President and m

On Feb 24, 1931, the House voted 290–93 (SJR 3). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 166–87, Democrats 139–14, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 101 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: 290
No: 93
Did not vote: 49
Date: Feb 24, 1931

By party

Democrats139 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans166 yes · 87 no · 25 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ voted no
William Robb Eaton R-CO voted no
Guy Urban Hardy R-CO voted no
Edward Hart Fenn R-CT voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted no
William Frederick Kopp R-IA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Oscar Stanton De Priest R-IL voted no
William Richard Johnson R-IL voted no
John Clayton Allen R-IL voted no
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL voted no
Edward Michael Irwin R-IL voted no
Edward Everett Denison R-IL voted no
James Whitson Dunbar R-IN voted no
Richard Nash Elliott R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Albert Richardson Hall R-IN voted no
Robert E. Lee Blackburn R-KY voted no
Elva Roscoe Kendall R-KY voted no
Katherine Gudger Langley R-KY voted no
Charles Finley R-KY voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
John William Palmer R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Fletcher Hale R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Harold Giles Hoffman R-NJ voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ voted no
Franklin William Fort R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted no
Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY voted no
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Archie Dovell Sanders R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Murphy R-OH voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
James Montgomery Beck R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Harry Clay Ransley R-PA voted no
Benjamin Martin Golder R-PA voted no
James Joseph Connolly R-PA voted no
George Austin Welsh R-PA voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
George Franklin Brumm R-PA voted no
Charles Joseph Esterly R-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
Frederick William Magrady R-PA voted no
Edward McMath Beers R-PA voted no
Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA voted no
James Russell Leech R-PA voted no
Jacob Banks Kurtz R-PA voted no
Franklin Menges R-PA voted no

And 21 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S.J. RES. 3, proposing an amendment…: House Vote, Feb 24, 1931,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/71-H-92/to-pass-s-j-res-3-proposing-an-amendment (accessed 2026-10-15).