To reconsider the vote whereby the amendment of MR. Broussard to H.R. 7233 was agreed to. (p. 441-1)

On Dec 16, 1932, the Senate voted 42–34 (HR 7233). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–19, Democrats 22–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 42
No: 34
Did not vote: 25
Date: Dec 16, 1932

By party

Democrats22 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL voted no
John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted no
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO voted no
Park Trammell D-FL voted no
John Sanford Cohen D-GA voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted no
Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
James Eli Watson R-IN voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
George Mcgill D-KS voted no
Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted no
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
James Couzens R-MI voted no
Thomas David Schall R-MN voted no
Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted no
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
William Henry King D-UT voted no
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted no
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
Robert Davis Carey R-WY 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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