Senate roll call 46 · 72nd Congress · Jan 20, 1932
To reconsider the vote adopting S. RES. 143, investigating the effect of the depreciation of foreign currency values upon importations of important commodities
On Jan 20, 1932, the Senate voted 43–32 (SRE 143). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 6–38, Democrats 38–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 43
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 20, 1932
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 38 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-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
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- 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
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- James John Davis R-PA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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