Senate roll call 74 · 72nd Congress · Mar 9, 1932
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 8397, (47 stat. 132, 4/22/1932), a bill making appropriations for the department of interior for the fiscal year ending june 30
On Mar 9, 1932, the Senate voted 20–38 (HR 8397). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–21, Democrats 8–19, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 38
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 9, 1932
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- James Eli Watson R-IN voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- David Aiken Reed R-PA voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted yes
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted yes
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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