To pass H.R. 17054 (p. 743, feb. 27, 1931), over veto of the President, a bill to increase the loan basis of adjusted service certificate.

On Feb 26, 1931, the House voted 328–79 (HR 17054). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 179–79, Democrats 153–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 79 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: 328
No: 79
Did not vote: 44
Date: Feb 26, 1931

By party

Democrats153 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans179 yes · 79 no · 20 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Arthur Monroe Free R-CA voted no
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
Fred Dickinson Letts R-IA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted no
Christian William Ramseyer R-IA voted no
Lester Jesse Dickinson 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
Albert Henry Vestal R-IN voted no
William Robert Wood 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
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
George Russell Stobbs R-MA voted no
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted no
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted no
Frederick William Dallinger R-MA voted no
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
John Edward Nelson R-ME voted no
Donald Francis Snow R-ME voted no
Grant Martin Hudson R-MI voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Fletcher Hale R-NH voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted no
Ernest Robinson Ackerman R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Franklin William Fort R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R-NY voted no
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted no
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Charles Cyrus Kearns R-OH voted no
William Wallace Chalmers R-OH voted no
Francis Seiberling R-OH voted no
Chester Castle Bolton R-OH voted no
Charles O'Connor R-OK voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
Franklin Frederick Korell R-OR voted no
James Montgomery Beck R-PA voted no
George Scott Graham R-PA voted no
Benjamin Martin Golder 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
Edward McMath Beers R-PA voted no
James Russell Leech R-PA voted no
Franklin Menges R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
Jesse Howard Swick R-PA voted no
William Radford Coyle R-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted no
Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN voted no
Frederick Charles Loofbourow R-UT voted no
Albert Johnson R-WA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 17054 (p. 743, feb. 27, 1931)…: House Vote, Feb 26, 1931,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/71-H-96/to-pass-h-r-17054-p-743-feb-27 (accessed 2026-10-17).