Senate roll call 156 · 73rd Congress · Apr 11, 1934
To amend H.R. 7835, by making provisions for taxes on vegetable oil and regulating contracts for sale of same.
On Apr 11, 1934, the Senate voted 7–64 (HR 7835). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–41, Republicans 3–26, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 7
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 11, 1934
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 41 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- 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
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Park Trammell D-FL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
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