Senate roll call 51 · 73rd Congress · May 11, 1933
To amend H.R. 5040, by putting 3% tax on electrical power sold by privately owned companies for private use.
On May 11, 1933, the Senate voted 36–45 (HR 5040). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–27, Republicans 8–20, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 36
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 11, 1933
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 20 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted yes
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL voted no
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL voted no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Marvel Mills Logan 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Hubert Durrett Stephens 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH voted no
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- 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
- James Couzens R-MI
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- William Henry Thompson D-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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