To pass H. RES. 235, creating a special committee to investigate government competition with private enterprise. (p. 11675-2)

On May 31, 1932, the House voted 177–128 (HR 235). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–106, Democrats 126–22, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 72 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: 177
No: 128
Did not vote: 142
Date: May 31, 1932

By party

Democrats126 yes · 22 no · 81 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 106 no · 61 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL voted no
Edward Berton Almon D-AL voted no
George Huddleston D-AL voted no
Effiegene Locke Wingo D-AR voted no
Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR voted no
Joe Crail R-CA voted yes
Robert Griffith Houston R-DE voted yes
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Cyrenus Cole R-IA voted yes
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted yes
Ed Hoyt Campbell R-IA voted yes
Carl Richard Chindblom R-IL voted yes
William Wright Arnold D-IL voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Fred Sampson Purnell R-IN voted yes
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS voted yes
Homer Hoch R-KS voted yes
James George Strong R-KS voted yes
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
Maurice Hudson Thatcher R-KY voted yes
Frank Herbert Foss R-MA voted yes
Charles Lee Underhill R-MA voted yes
Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
John Clark Ketcham R-MI voted yes
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
William Francis James R-MI voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
Henry Frederick Niedringhaus R-MO voted yes
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer R-MO voted yes
Joe Jonathan Manlove R-MO voted yes
Scott Leavitt R-MT voted yes
Olger Burton Burtness R-ND voted yes
Thomas Hall R-ND voted yes
James Herbert Sinclair R-ND voted yes
Howard Malcolm Baldrige R-NE voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted yes
Fiorello Henry La Guardia R-NY voted yes
John Davenport Clarke R-NY voted yes
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R-OH voted yes
Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH voted yes
Charles Blaine Mcclintock R-OH voted yes
Robert Reyburn Butler R-OR voted yes
Charles Henry Martin D-OR voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted yes
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Clark Burdick R-RI voted yes
Butler Black Hare D-SC voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
Charles Andrew Christopherson R-SD voted yes
James Willis Taylor R-TN voted yes
Ewin Lamar Davis D-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted no
Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
John Marvin Jones D-TX voted no
Menalcus Lankford R-VA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA voted no
Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA voted no
John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA voted no
Ralph Ashley Horr R-WA voted yes
Charles August Kading R-WI voted yes
John Charles Schafer R-WI voted yes
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted yes
Gerald John Boileau R-WI voted yes
Lynn Sedwick Hornor D-WV voted no
Joseph Luther Smith D-WV voted no
Vincent Michael Carter R-WY 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 pass H. RES. 235, creating a special…: House Vote, May 31, 1932,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/72-H-56/to-pass-h-res-235-creating-a-special-committee (accessed 2026-10-17).