Senate roll call 212 · 73rd Congress · Jun 11, 1934
To amend H.R. 9745, by making monetary standard of U.S. Bimetallic, in the ratio of 16-1 silver per gold.
On Jun 11, 1934, the Senate voted 18–59 (HR 9745). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–39, Republicans 6–23, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 11, 1934
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 39 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- William Edgar Borah R-ID 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
- John Edward Erickson D-MT voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- 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
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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