To pass H.R. 11072 (p.a. 689), a bill authorizing the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania.

On Jun 2, 1936, the House voted 234–55 (HR 11072). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 174–35, Republicans 57–16, Others 3–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 51 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: 234
No: 55
Did not vote: 152
Date: Jun 2, 1936

By party

Democrats174 yes · 35 no · 117 didn’t vote
Republicans57 yes · 16 no · 32 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA voted no
Samuel LaFort Collins R-CA voted no
Hugh Peterson D-GA voted no
Bryant Thomas Castellow D-GA voted no
Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA voted no
Paul Brown D-GA voted no
Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted no
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D-IA voted no
Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted no
Lloyd Thurston R-IA voted no
Otha Donner Wearin D-IA voted no
Edward Austin Kelly D-IL voted no
Ralph Edwin Church R-IL voted no
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN voted no
Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN voted no
Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN voted no
Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN voted no
William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted no
Edward White Patterson D-KS voted no
Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA voted no
Verner Wright Main R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Theodore Christianson R-MN voted no
Harold Knutson R-MN voted no
Aaron Lane Ford D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Walter Lambeth D-NC voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE voted no
Robert Low Bacon R-NY voted no
Hamilton Fish R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH voted no
Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH voted no
James Gould Polk D-OH voted no
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH voted no
Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH voted no
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted no
Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
Harry Clay Ransley R-PA voted no
Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC voted no
John Clarence Taylor D-SC voted no
John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted no
Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX voted no
James Paul Buchanan D-TX voted no
William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX voted no
Knute Hill D-WA 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 11072 (p.a. 689), a bill…: House Vote, Jun 2, 1936,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/74-H-201/to-pass-h-r-11072-p-a-689-a (accessed 2026-10-17).