Senate roll call 76 · 72nd Congress · Mar 14, 1932
To amend H.R. 8397, by providing "that no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of oleomargarine or butter substitutes, except for cooki
On Mar 14, 1932, the Senate voted 33–32 (HR 8397). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–11, Democrats 10–21, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 33
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 14, 1932
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- Hiram Bingham R-CT voted no
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted yes
- George Higgins Moses R-NH voted no
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted yes
- Felix Hébert R-RI voted no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI voted no
- Reed Smoot R-UT voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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