To agree to the conference report on H.R. 4665 (p.a. 283), a bill authorizing the filling of vacancies in certain judgeships.

On Aug 8, 1935, the House voted 189–125 (HR 4665). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 172–71, Republicans 23–58, Others 4–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 94 members voted against their own party.

During the 74th Congress (1935–1936), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 189
No: 125
Did not vote: 17
Date: Aug 8, 1935

By party

Democrats172 yes · 71 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 58 no · 2 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 6 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
Joe Starnes D-AL voted no
Archibald Hill Carmichael D-AL voted no
William Joshua Driver D-AR voted no
Harry Lane Englebright R-CA voted yes
Florence Prag Kahn R-CA voted yes
Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
John Henry Hoeppel D-CA voted no
Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA voted no
George Burnham R-CA voted yes
Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO voted no
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
James Andrew Meeks D-IL voted no
Donald Claude Dobbins D-IL voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
James Indus Farley D-IN voted no
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN voted no
Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
William Henry Larrabee D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
Edward White Patterson D-KS voted no
William Randolph Carpenter D-KS voted no
Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted no
John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA voted no
Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD voted no
Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted no
William Wallace Blackney R-MI voted yes
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted yes
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted yes
Clarence John Mcleod R-MI voted yes
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted yes
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
Theodore Christianson R-MN voted yes
Harold Knutson R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT voted no
Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
John Joseph O'Connor D-NY voted no
Frederick James Sisson D-NY voted no
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
William Richard Thom D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Charles Vilas Truax D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted no
William Alexander Ekwall R-OR voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA voted no
Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA voted no
Theodore Leo Moritz D-PA voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD voted no
Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN voted no
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted no
Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN voted no
Herron Carney Pearson D-TN voted no

And 14 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the conference report on H.R…: House Vote, Aug 8, 1935,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/74-H-101/to-agree-to-the-conference-report-on-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).