Senate roll call 148 · 72nd Congress · May 31, 1932
To reconsider the vote by which an amendment to H.R. 10236 was rejected. The amendment relates to the tax on petroleum and petroleum derivatives. (p. 11634-1)
On May 31, 1932, the Senate voted 36–44 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–28, Democrats 22–18, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 36
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 31, 1932
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Thomas David Schall R-MN voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted yes
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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