To reconsider the vote by which an amendment to H.R. 7912 providing for grasshopper control was agreed to. (p. 5447-1)

On Mar 8, 1932, the Senate voted 20–45 (HR 7912). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–29, Democrats 11–18, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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: 20
No: 45
Did not vote: 35
Date: Mar 8, 1932

By party

Democrats11 yes · 18 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 29 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
Hiram Bingham R-CT voted yes
William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL voted yes
Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
George Higgins Moses R-NH voted yes
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted yes
David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted yes
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
William Henry King D-UT voted yes
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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