To move the previous question on adoption of H.RES. 1279

On Jan 11, 1934, the House voted 216–179 (HRE 217). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 221–71, Republicans 0–107, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 71 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: 216
No: 179
Did not vote: 42
Date: Jan 11, 1934

By party

Democrats221 yes · 71 no · 29 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 107 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Henry Buck D-CA voted no
John Henry Hoeppel D-CA voted no
John Harley Burke 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
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
Compton Ignatius White D-ID voted no
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Walter Nesbit D-IL voted no
William Theodore Schulte D-IN voted no
George Richard Durgan D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA voted no
Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA voted no
William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted no
Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA voted no
John William Mccormack D-MA voted no
George Gregory Sadowski D-MI voted no
Harry Webster Musselwhite D-MI voted no
Carl May Weideman D-MI voted no
John Lesinski D-MI voted no
Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted no
Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO voted no
Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT voted no
Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT voted no
Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ voted no
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted no
Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted no
Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY voted no
William Irving Sirovich D-NY voted no
James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY voted no
Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Elmer Ebenezer Studley D-NY voted no
John Fitzgibbons D-NY voted no
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
Charles Vilas Truax D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted no
Fletcher B. Swank D-OK voted no
Ernest Whitworth Marland D-OK voted no
Will Rogers D-OK voted no
Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted no
Henry Ellenbogen D-PA voted no
Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA voted no
Francis Bernard Condon D-RI voted no
James Prioleau Richards D-SC voted no
Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD voted no
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
Marion Anthony Zioncheck D-WA voted no
Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted no
Martin Fernard Smith D-WA voted no
Knute Hill D-WA voted no
Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA voted no
Wesley Lloyd D-WA voted no
Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI voted no
Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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