Senate roll call 148 · 74th Congress · Feb 24, 1936
To pass S. 3978, a bill relating to taxation of shares of preferred stock, capital notes, and debentures of banks while owned by the reconstruction finance corp
On Feb 24, 1936, the Senate voted 38–28 (S 3978). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–12, Republicans 1–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 24, 1936
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Park Trammell D-FL voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Rose McConnell Long D-LA voted no
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted no
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Richard Louis Murphy D-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Park Trammell D-FL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Rose McConnell Long D-LA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Elmer Austin Benson O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
Voted present
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Scott Marion Loftin D-FL
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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