To adopt as amended H.RES. 400, providing that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the house resolve itself into the committe

On Jun 14, 1934, the House voted 208–134 (HR 400). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 214–50, Republicans 9–98, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 members voted against their own party.

During the 73rd Congress (1933–1934), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 208
No: 134
Did not vote: 72
Date: Jun 14, 1934

By party

Democrats214 yes · 50 no · 57 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 98 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

David Delano Glover D-AR voted no
Isabella Selmes Greenway D-AZ voted no
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA voted no
Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted no
Charles Montague Bakewell R-CT voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Donald Claude Dobbins D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
Harold Clement Mcgugin R-KS voted yes
William Randolph Carpenter D-KS voted no
Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin Mccarthy D-KS voted no
John Young Brown D-KY voted no
Robert Luce R-MA voted yes
Carroll Lynwood Beedy R-ME voted yes
Edward Carleton Moran Jr. D-ME voted no
Claude Ernest Cady D-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
Michael James Hart D-MI voted no
Harry Webster Musselwhite D-MI voted no
Carl May Weideman D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Busby D-MS voted no
Lawrence Russell Ellzey D-MS voted no
Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT voted no
John Henry Morehead D-NE voted no
Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
William Frank Brunner D-NY voted no
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH voted no
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
Warren Joseph Duffey D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
William Louis Fiesinger D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Charles Vilas Truax D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
Charles Henry Martin D-OR voted no
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX voted no
George Butler Terrell D-TX voted no
Sterling Price Strong D-TX voted no
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA voted no
Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted no
Knute Hill D-WA voted no
Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA voted no
Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI voted no
Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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