Senate roll call 231 · 72nd Congress · Jan 12, 1933
To recess until 12 o'clock tomorrow, a motion made during consideration of S. 4412, a bill to provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of fede
On Jan 12, 1933, the Senate voted 14–51. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–30, Republicans 9–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 14
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 12, 1933
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 30 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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