Senate roll call 126 · 73rd Congress · Feb 26, 1934
To amend H.R. 6663, by providing that no reduction of veteran's compensation shall be more than 25% or 10% in the case of spanish-american war vets.
On Feb 26, 1934, the Senate voted 51–40 (HR 6663). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–42, Republicans 34–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 51
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 26, 1934
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 42 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- Park Trammell D-FL voted yes
- George Mcgill D-KS voted yes
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- James Couzens R-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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