Senate roll call 44 · 73rd Congress · May 2, 1933
To amend S. 1272 a bill to improve naviigability and flood control of the tenn. River, reforestation and, "agricultural developement of tenn. River valley, by s
On May 2, 1933, the Senate voted 31–43 (S 1272). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–37, Republicans 22–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 31
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 2, 1933
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 37 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Couzens R-MI voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted no
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted yes
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted no
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-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
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- James Couzens R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- John Edward Erickson D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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