To refer the amendment to H.R. 12280 to the committee on judiciary. (p. 15025-1)

On Jul 11, 1932, the Senate voted 50–25 (HR 12280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–15, Democrats 28–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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: 50
No: 25
Did not vote: 20
Date: Jul 11, 1932

By party

Democrats28 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans29 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted no
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
Key Pittman D-NV voted no
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
David Aiken Reed R-PA voted no
James John Davis R-PA voted no
Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
John James Blaine R-WI voted no
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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