Senate roll call 68 · 72nd Congress · Mar 2, 1932
To proceed to consideration of S. RES. 156, investigating the effect of the depreciation of foreign currency values upon importations of important commodities i
On Mar 2, 1932, the Senate voted 12–68 (SRE 156). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–30, Democrats 0–42, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 2, 1932
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 42 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 30 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO voted yes
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted yes
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- 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
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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