Senate roll call 85 · 72nd Congress · Apr 7, 1932
To pass S.J. RES. 131, providing assistance in the rehabilitation of certain storm stricken areas in the U.S. And in relieving unemployment in such areas. (p.
On Apr 7, 1932, the Senate voted 40–17 (SJR 131). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–3, Republicans 12–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 40
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 7, 1932
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- 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
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV voted yes
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- 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
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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