House roll call 158 · 74th Congress · Mar 17, 1936
To pass H.R. 8236, an omnibus bill on the private calendar, for the relief of sundry claimants.
On Mar 17, 1936, the House voted 137–168 (HR 8236). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 97–122, Republicans 31–47, Others 10–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 128 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
- 137
- No
- 168
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- Mar 17, 1936
By party
- Democrats97 yes · 122 no · 107 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 47 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL voted yes
- William Joshua Driver D-AR voted yes
- William Ben Cravens D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR voted yes
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA voted yes
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA voted yes
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA voted yes
- Charles Kramer D-CA voted yes
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
- William Lincoln Higgins R-CT voted yes
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL voted yes
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA voted yes
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted yes
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA voted yes
- Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
- Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted yes
- Hubert Utterback D-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL voted yes
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted yes
- Harry Howland Mason D-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN voted yes
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN voted yes
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY voted yes
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA voted yes
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA voted yes
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA voted yes
- John William Mccormack D-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD voted yes
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD voted yes
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD voted yes
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted yes
- August Herman Andresen R-MN voted yes
- Elmer James Ryan D-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
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO voted yes
- Clyde Williams D-MO voted yes
- Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT voted yes
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ voted yes
- David Lane Powers R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Angelo Cavicchia R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted yes
- William Bernard Barry D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY voted yes
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY voted yes
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY voted yes
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Sol Bloom D-NY voted yes
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio R-NY voted yes
And 48 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Tilman Bacon Parks D-AR
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- Florence Prag Kahn R-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Lincoln Higgins R-CT
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA
- Hubert Utterback D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harry Howland Mason D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Riley Joseph Wilson D-LA
- Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. R-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Theodore Christianson R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- William Alvin Pittenger R-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Joseph Patrick Monaghan D-MT
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Isaac Bacharach R-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ
- Peter Angelo Cavicchia R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio R-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- James Patrick Duffy D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Byron Berry Harlan D-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Percy Lee Gassaway D-OK
- Clare Gerald Fenerty R-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA
- Charles Murray Turpin R-PA
- James Hilary Gildea D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- Don Gingery D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Charles Francis Risk R-RI
- John Matthew O'Connell D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- John Jackson Mcswain D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Joe Henry Eagle D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- Oliver Harlan Cross D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- Fontaine Maury Maverick D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. D-VA
- Thomas Ryum Amlie O-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow O-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- Gerald John Boileau O-WI
- George John Schneider O-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- Archibald Hill Carmichael D-AL
- George Huddleston D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA
- Charles J. Colden D-CA
- Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA
- Samuel LaFort Collins R-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- William Michael Citron D-CT
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- William Joseph Sears D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Harry Peter Beam D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Leonard William Schuetz D-IL
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski D-IL
- James Mcandrews D-IL
- Ralph Edwin Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Edward White Patterson D-KS
- William Randolph Carpenter D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- William Joseph Granfield D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Richard Manning Russell D-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Simon Moulton Hamlin D-ME
- Edward Carleton Moran Jr. D-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Verner Wright Main R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Aubert Culberson Dunn D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- John Baker Hollister R-OH
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH
- Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH
- William Louis Fiesinger D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D-PA
- Michael Joseph Stack D-PA
- George Potter Darrow R-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- William Emanuel Richardson D-PA
- Charles Elmer Dietrich D-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Denis Joseph Driscoll D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Richard Eckert D-PA
- Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA
- Charles Noel Crosby D-PA
- James Leland Quinn D-PA
- John Clarence Taylor D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Theodore B. Werner D-SD
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX
- Thomas Lindsay Blanton D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Andrew Edmiston D-WV
- George William Johnson D-WV
- Joseph Luther Smith D-WV
- Paul Ranous Greever D-WY
Did not vote
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- John Mcduffie D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- William Bacon Oliver D-AL
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- Isabella Selmes Greenway D-AZ
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- John Henry Hoeppel D-CA
- George Burnham R-CA
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- Schuyler Merritt R-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- John George Stewart R-DE
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Edward Austin Kelly D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- John Theodore Buckbee R-IL
- Jackson Leroy Adair D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Andrew Meeks D-IL
- Donald Claude Dobbins D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- William Wright Arnold D-IL
- Martin Adlai Brennan D-IL
- Michael Lambert Igoe D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN
- James Indus Farley D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- William Voris Gregory D-KY
- Glover H. Cary D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Cap Robert Carden D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- Numa Francois Montet D-LA
- John Nicholas Sandlin D-LA
- Jared Young Sanders Jr. D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Cleveland Dear D-LA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- John Patrick Higgins D-MA
- David John Lewis D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Henry Mahlon Kimball R-MI
- Clarence John Mcleod R-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Robert Claiborne D-MO
- Roy Elmer Ayers D-MT
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- Randolph Perkins R-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Frederick Reimold Lehlbach R-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- William Frank Brunner D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- Richard Joseph Tonry D-NY
- Stephen Andrew Rudd D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY
- Anthony Jerome Griffin D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Parker Corning D-NY
- William David Thomas R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Frederick James Sisson D-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Leroy Tate Marshall R-OH
- Warren Joseph Duffey D-OH
- Mell Gilbert Underwood D-OH
- John Gordon Cooper R-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Chester Castle Bolton R-OH
- Charles Vilas Truax D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- William Alexander Ekwall R-OR
- Harry Clay Ransley R-PA
- William Henry Wilson R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Isaac Hoffer Doutrich R-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- William Markle Berlin D-PA
- Joshua Twing Brooks D-PA
- Theodore Leo Moritz D-PA
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA
- Francis Bernard Condon D-RI
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Joseph Wellington Byrns D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Marion Anthony Zioncheck D-WA
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Samuel Billingsley Hill D-WA
- Wesley Lloyd D-WA
- Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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