To recommit to committee on military affairs, H. R. 11051, providing for the leasing and other utilization of the muscle shoals property in the interest of nati

On May 5, 1932, the House voted 150–200 (HR 11051). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–179, Republicans 151–42, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 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: 150
No: 200
Did not vote: 53
Date: May 5, 1932

By party

Democrats21 yes · 179 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans151 yes · 42 no · 24 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Lewis Williams Douglas D-AZ voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted no
Joe Crail R-CA voted no
Philip David Swing R-CA voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
William Laurence Tierney D-CT voted yes
Homer Cling Parker D-GA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA voted no
Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Addison Taylor Smith R-ID voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted yes
John Theodore Buckbee R-IL voted no
William Perry Holaday R-IL voted no
Charles Adkins R-IL voted no
William Henry Dieterich D-IL voted yes
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Charles Finley R-KY voted no
Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted yes
William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD voted yes
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted yes
John Charles Linthicum D-MD voted yes
Seymour Howe Person R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
William Francis James R-MI voted no
Victor Laurence August Christgau R-MN voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted no
Conrad George Selvig R-MN voted no
Godfrey Gummer Goodwin R-MN voted no
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted no
Thomas Hall R-ND voted no
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted no
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted yes
Robert Glenmore Simmons R-NE voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted yes
Percy Hamilton Stewart D-NJ voted yes
Samuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz R-NV voted no
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted yes
Charles Brand R-OH voted no
Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR voted no
Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner D-PA voted yes
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted yes
Melville Clyde Kelly R-PA voted no
Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC voted yes
Oscar Byrd Lovette R-TN voted no
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted no
Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Ralph Ashley Horr R-WA voted no
Thomas Ryum Amlie R-WI voted no
Charles August Kading R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
Gerald John Boileau R-WI voted no
George John Schneider R-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted no
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted no
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted yes

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 recommit to committee on military…: House Vote, May 5, 1932,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/72-H-47/to-recommit-to-committee-on-military-affairs-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).