To adopt the resolution authorizing the committee on the judiciary to investigate the official conduct of judge james a. Lowell.

On Apr 26, 1933, the House voted 209–151 (HJR 120). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 205–66, Republicans 10–92, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 76 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: 209
No: 151
Did not vote: 30
Date: Apr 26, 1933

By party

Democrats205 yes · 66 no · 23 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 92 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA voted no
John Henry Hoeppel D-CA voted no
Thomas Francis Ford D-CA voted no
John Francis Dockweiler D-CA voted no
Samuel LaFort Collins R-CA voted yes
John Andrew Martin D-CO voted no
Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted no
Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Jackson Leroy Adair D-IL voted no
Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL voted no
Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL voted no
Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
James Indus Farley D-IN voted no
John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
William Randolph Carpenter D-KS voted no
William Joseph Granfield D-MA voted no
William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted no
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
John Joseph Cochran D-MO voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ voted no
Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ voted no
Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ voted no
William Frank Brunner D-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Loring Milton Black Jr. D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Patrick J. Carley D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
William Irving Sirovich D-NY voted no
John Joseph Boylan D-NY voted no
Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY voted no
Sol Bloom D-NY voted no
James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY voted no
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY voted no
James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY voted no
Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY voted yes
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Elmer Ebenezer Studley D-NY voted no
Byron Berry Harlan D-OH voted no
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Charles Vilas Truax D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA voted no
William Emanuel Richardson D-PA voted no
Louis Thomas Mcfadden R-PA voted yes
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA voted no
William Markle Berlin D-PA voted no
Charles Noel Crosby D-PA voted no
Marion Anthony Zioncheck D-WA voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no
Gerald John Boileau R-WI voted yes
James Frederic Hughes D-WI voted no
James Archibald Frear R-WI voted yes
Hubert Haskell Peavey R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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