Senate roll call 209 · 72nd Congress · Jul 12, 1932
To amend H.R. 9642 (47 stat. 709, 7/21/1932), a bill authorizing supplemental appropriations for emergency highway construction with a view to increasing employ
On Jul 12, 1932, the Senate voted 17–44 (HR 9642). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–37, Democrats 16–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 12, 1932
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 37 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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