To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 11768, a bill authorizing the rio grande canalization project.

On May 4, 1936, the House voted 173–79 (HR 11768). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 175–14, Republicans 11–66, Others 3–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 173
No: 79
Did not vote: 165
Date: May 4, 1936

By party

Democrats175 yes · 14 no · 137 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 66 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 7 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Joseph Welch R-CA voted yes
Albert Edward Carter R-CA voted yes
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA voted yes
Samuel LaFort Collins R-CA voted yes
George Burnham R-CA voted yes
Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted no
Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Richard Manning Russell D-MA voted no
John Patrick Higgins D-MA voted no
Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN voted yes
William Alvin Pittenger R-MN voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
William Lemke R-ND voted yes
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
William Nathaniel Rogers D-NH voted no
William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ voted no
Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
James Wheaton Mott R-OR voted yes
William Alexander Ekwall R-OR voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted no
Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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