Senate roll call 51 · 72nd Congress · Jan 25, 1932
To amend H.J. RES. 230, by providing that companies who have borrowed from RFC may not compensate any of their employees more than $100,000 per annum, until the
On Jan 25, 1932, the Senate voted 26–39 (HJR 230). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–29, Democrats 17–13, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 26
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 25, 1932
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 29 no · 11 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- 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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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