Senate roll call 38 · 73rd Congress · Apr 27, 1933
To amend the amendment to H.R. 3835, by inserting, "by proclamation to fix the weight of the silver dollar in grains nine tenth fine at a definite fixed ratio i
On Apr 27, 1933, the Senate voted 35–53 (HR 3835). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–44, Republicans 25–8, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 35
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 27, 1933
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 44 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA voted yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- 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
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James John Davis R-PA
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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