To agree to H.RES. 132, authorizing the payment of the expenses of the judiciary committee in investigating the official conduct of james a. Lowell.

On May 8, 1933, the House voted 186–160 (HRE 132). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 194–79, Republicans 7–96, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 86 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: 186
No: 160
Did not vote: 26
Date: May 8, 1933

By party

Democrats194 yes · 79 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans7 yes · 96 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch 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 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
Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL voted no
Leonard William Schuetz D-IL voted no
Jackson Leroy Adair D-IL voted no
James Frank Gillespie 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
George Richard Durgan D-IN voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
James Indus Farley D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Virginia Ellis Jenckes 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 Joseph Douglass D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
Harry Webster Musselwhite D-MI 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
Oscar Louis Auf Der Heide D-NJ voted no
George Washington Lindsay D-NY voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted no
Stephen Andrew Rudd D-NY voted no
Emanuel Celler D-NY voted no
Anning Smith Prall D-NY voted no
Christopher Daniel Sullivan 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
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Elmer Ebenezer Studley D-NY voted no
John Fitzgibbons D-NY voted no
Byron Berry Harlan D-OH 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
Dow Watters Harter D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted no
Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser 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
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
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted yes
Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no

And 6 more.

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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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to H.RES. 132, authorizing the…: House Vote, May 8, 1933,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/73-H-29/to-agree-to-h-res-132-authorizing-the-payment (accessed 2026-10-17).