To pass H.R. 12624 (p.a. 739), the deficiency bill of 1936.

On May 11, 1936, the House voted 341–38 (HR 12624). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 276–8, Republicans 63–32, Others 10–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 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: 341
No: 38
Did not vote: 52
Date: May 11, 1936

By party

Democrats276 yes · 8 no · 42 didn’t vote
Republicans63 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Lincoln Higgins R-CT voted no
Schuyler Merritt R-CT voted no
John George Stewart R-DE voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Edward Eugene Cox D-GA voted no
Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted no
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted no
Allen Towner Treadway R-MA voted no
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA voted no
George Holden Tinkham R-MA voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ voted no
Randolph Perkins R-NJ voted no
Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY voted no
Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY voted no
William David Thomas R-NY voted no
Frank Crowther R-NY voted no
Bert Lord R-NY voted no
Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY voted no
Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
John Baker Hollister R-OH voted no
George Potter Darrow R-PA voted no
James Wolfenden R-PA voted no
John Roland Kinzer R-PA voted no
Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted no
John William Ditter R-PA voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
Thomas Granville Burch D-VA voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Howard Worth Smith D-VA 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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