Senate roll call 25 · 73rd Congress · Apr 17, 1933
To amend H.R. 3835, by making value of silver 16 times that of gold in all coins.
On Apr 17, 1933, the Senate voted 33–44 (HR 3835). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–26, Republicans 8–25, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 33
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 17, 1933
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Couzens R-MI voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted no
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
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
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
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
- 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
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- 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
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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