To suspend the rules and pass H. R. 7233 (p. 311, 47 stat 761, 1/16/33) providing for the withdrawal of the sovereignty of the United States over the philippine

On Apr 4, 1932, the House voted 306–47 (HR 7233). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 198–2, Republicans 127–55, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 57 members voted against their own party.

During the 72nd Congress (1931–1932), Herbert Hoover was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 306
No: 47
Did not vote: 64
Date: Apr 4, 1932

By party

Democrats198 yes · 2 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans127 yes · 55 no · 35 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Robb Eaton R-CO voted no
John Quillin Tilson R-CT voted no
Edward Wheeler Goss R-CT voted no
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Frederick Albert Britten R-IL voted no
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R-IL voted no
William Robert Wood R-IN voted no
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes 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
Donald Francis Snow R-ME voted no
Robert Henry Clancy R-MI voted no
Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Edward Hills Wason R-NH voted no
Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted no
Peter Angelo Cavicchia R-NJ voted no
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted no
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R-NY voted no
James Southworth Parker R-NY voted no
Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY voted no
Frederick Morgan Davenport R-NY voted no
John Davenport Clarke R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
Gale Hamilton Stalker R-NY voted no
James Lucius Whitley R-NY voted no
Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
Edmund Francis Cooke R-NY voted no
John Baker Hollister R-OH voted no
William Emil Hess R-OH voted no
Chester Castle Bolton R-OH voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
Henry Winfield Watson R-PA voted no
George Franklin Brumm R-PA voted no
Henry Wilson Temple R-PA voted no
William Radford Coyle R-PA voted no
Richard Steere Aldrich R-RI voted no
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted no
Royal Cleaves Johnson R-SD voted no
Don Byron Colton R-UT voted no
Frederick Charles Loofbourow R-UT voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Hugh Ike Shott R-WV 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 suspend the rules and pass H. R. 7233 (p…: House Vote, Apr 4, 1932,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/72-H-29/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-7233 (accessed 2026-10-17).