House roll call 15 · 75th Congress · Mar 5, 1937
To recommit H. R. 5232, (p. A. 54), making appropriations for the navy department and naval service for fiscal 1938, with instructions to reduce appropriations
On Mar 5, 1937, the House voted 84–257 (HR 5232). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 52–204, Republicans 21–55, Others 11–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 73 members voted against their own party.
During the 75th Congress (1937–1938), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 84
- No
- 257
- Did not vote
- 103
- Date
- Mar 5, 1937
By party
- Democrats52 yes · 204 no · 85 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 55 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA voted yes
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA voted yes
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT voted yes
- William Michael Citron D-CT voted yes
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA voted yes
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA voted yes
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA voted yes
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA voted yes
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA voted yes
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS voted yes
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS voted yes
- Edward White Patterson D-KS voted yes
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted yes
- John Mills Houston D-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY voted yes
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA voted yes
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
- David John Lewis D-MD voted yes
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME voted yes
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI voted yes
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted yes
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI voted yes
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI voted yes
- William Lester Nelson D-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
- Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT voted yes
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT voted yes
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted yes
- William Lemke R-ND voted yes
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE voted yes
- Karl Stefan R-NE voted yes
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE voted yes
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY voted yes
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY voted yes
- Herbert Seely Bigelow D-OH voted yes
- James Gould Polk D-OH voted yes
- Robert Crosser D-OH voted yes
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK voted yes
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK voted yes
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK voted yes
- Robert Potter Hill D-OK voted yes
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK voted yes
- Will Rogers D-OK voted yes
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR voted yes
- Nan Wood Honeyman D-OR voted yes
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA voted yes
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA voted yes
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA voted yes
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA voted yes
- Charles Richard Eckert D-PA voted yes
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA voted yes
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA voted yes
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD voted yes
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN voted yes
- Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX voted yes
- Fontaine Maury Maverick D-TX voted yes
- Charles Lacy South D-TX voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- Knute Hill D-WA voted yes
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA voted yes
- John Main Coffee D-WA voted yes
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI voted yes
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- John Steven Mcgroarty D-CA
- Horace Jeremiah (Jerry) Voorhis D-CA
- Herman Paul Kopplemann D-CT
- William Michael Citron D-CT
- Edward Clayton Eicher D-IA
- John Williams Gwynne R-IA
- Frederick Elliott Biermann D-IA
- Cassius Clay Dowell R-IA
- Vincent Francis Harrington D-IA
- William Purnell Lambertson R-KS
- Ulysses Samuel Guyer R-KS
- Edward White Patterson D-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- John Mills Houston D-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Marshall Robsion R-KY
- Newt Virgus Mills D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- David John Lewis D-MD
- James Churchill Oliver R-ME
- Clyde Harold Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Earl Cory Michener R-MI
- Andrew Jackson Transue D-MI
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Frank Eugene Hook D-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- Henry George Teigan O-MN
- Dewey William Johnson O-MN
- John Toussaint Bernard O-MN
- Richard Thompson Buckler O-MN
- William Lester Nelson D-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jerry Joseph O'Connell D-MT
- James Francis O'Connor D-MT
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- William Lemke R-ND
- Henry Carl Luckey D-NE
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Charles Gustav Binderup D-NE
- Harry Buffington Coffee D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Ernest Harold Cluett R-NY
- Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day D-NY
- Herbert Seely Bigelow D-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Wesley Ernest Disney D-OK
- Wilburn Cartwright D-OK
- Lyle H. Boren D-OK
- Robert Potter Hill D-OK
- Samuel Chapman Massingale D-OK
- Will Rogers D-OK
- Walter Marcus Pierce D-OR
- Nan Wood Honeyman D-OR
- Oliver Walter Frey D-PA
- Albert Greig Rutherford R-PA
- Robert Fleming Rich R-PA
- Benjamin Jarrett R-PA
- Harry Luther Haines D-PA
- Charles Richard Eckert D-PA
- Robert Gray Allen D-PA
- Henry Ellenbogen D-PA
- Fred Herman Hildebrandt D-SD
- John Ridley Mitchell D-TN
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- Clyde Leonard Garrett D-TX
- Fontaine Maury Maverick D-TX
- Charles Lacy South D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Knute Hill D-WA
- Charles Henry Leavy D-WA
- John Main Coffee D-WA
- Thomas Ryum Amlie O-WI
- Harry Sauthoff O-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow O-WI
- Thomas David Patrick O'Malley D-WI
- Gerald John Boileau O-WI
- George John Schneider O-WI
- Merlin Hull O-WI
- Bernard John Gehrmann O-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Bascom Steagall D-AL
- Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL
- Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Luther Patrick D-AL
- William Joshua Driver D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Claude Albert Fuller D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- David Dickson Terry D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Wade Hampton Kitchens D-AR
- Harry Lane Englebright R-CA
- Frank Henry Buck D-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner O-CA
- Richard Joseph Welch R-CA
- Albert Edward Carter R-CA
- John Joseph Mcgrath D-CA
- Charles Kramer D-CA
- John Martin Costello D-CA
- John Francis Dockweiler D-CA
- Charles J. Colden D-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Edouard Victor Michel Izac D-CA
- Lawrence Lewis D-CO
- Fred Nelson Cummings D-CO
- John Andrew Martin D-CO
- William Joseph Fitzgerald D-CT
- James Andrew Shanley D-CT
- Alfred Noroton Phillips D-CT
- John Joseph Smith D-CT
- James Hardin Peterson D-FL
- Robert Alexis (Lex) Green D-FL
- Millard Fillmore Caldwell D-FL
- James Mark Wilcox D-FL
- Joseph Edward Hendricks D-FL
- Hugh Peterson D-GA
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Stephen Pace D-GA
- Emmett Marshall Owen D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Malcolm Connor Tarver D-GA
- Benjamin Frank Whelchel D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- William Sebastian Jacobsen D-IA
- Compton Ignatius White D-ID
- Arthur Wergs Mitchell D-IL
- Raymond Stephen Mckeough D-IL
- Edward Austin Kelly 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
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Chester Charles Thompson D-IL
- Lewis Leonard Boyer D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- James Andrew Meeks D-IL
- Hugh McPheeters Rigney D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frank William Fries D-IL
- Edwin Martin Schaefer D-IL
- Laurence Fletcher Arnold D-IL
- Claude VanCleve Parsons D-IL
- Edwin Van Meter Champion D-IL
- Lewis Marshall Long D-IL
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- James Indus Farley D-IN
- Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D-IN
- John William Boehne Jr. D-IN
- Finly Hutchinson Gray D-IN
- William Henry Larrabee D-IN
- Louis Leon Ludlow D-IN
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Emmet O'Neal D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Frederick Moore Vinson D-KY
- Joachim Octave Fernández D-LA
- Robert Louis Mouton D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- John Keller Griffith D-LA
- Allen Towner Treadway R-MA
- Charles Russell Clason R-MA
- Joseph Edward Casey D-MA
- Pehr Gustaf Holmes R-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- George Joseph Bates R-MA
- Arthur Daniel Healey D-MA
- Robert Luce R-MA
- George Holden Tinkham R-MA
- John Patrick Higgins D-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- Charles Laceille Gifford R-MA
- Thomas Alan Goldsborough D-MD
- William Purington Cole Jr. D-MD
- Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D-MD
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill D-MD
- George Gregory Sadowski D-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- Carl Edgar Mapes R-MI
- Albert Joseph Engel R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- John Frederick Luecke D-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Melvin Joseph Maas R-MN
- Harold Knutson R-MN
- Milton Andrew Romjue D-MO
- Richard Meloan Duncan D-MO
- Charles Jasper Bell D-MO
- Reuben Terrell Wood D-MO
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- Clyde Williams D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Charles Arthur Anderson D-MO
- John Joseph Cochran D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- William Madison Whittington D-MS
- Aaron Lane Ford D-MS
- Ross Alexander Collins D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Daniel Rayford Mcgehee D-MS
- Lindsay Carter Warren D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- John Walter Lambeth D-NC
- Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D-NC
- Charles Francis Mclaughlin D-NE
- Arthur Byron Jenks R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- Elmer H. Wene D-NJ
- William Halstead Sutphin D-NJ
- David Lane Powers R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Donald Holman Mclean R-NJ
- John Parnell Thomas R-NJ
- George Nicholas Seger R-NJ
- Edward Aloysius Kenney D-NJ
- Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Robert Low Bacon R-NY
- William Bernard Barry D-NY
- Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D-NY
- Thomas Henry Cullen D-NY
- Marcellus Hugh Evans D-NY
- Andrew Lawrence Somers D-NY
- John Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Aloysius O'Leary D-NY
- Samuel Dickstein D-NY
- Christopher Daniel Sullivan D-NY
- William Irving Sirovich D-NY
- John Joseph Boylan D-NY
- John Joseph O'Connor D-NY
- Theodore Albert Peyser D-NY
- Martin John Kennedy D-NY
- Sol Bloom D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Gavagan D-NY
- Edward Walter Curley D-NY
- James Martin Fitzpatrick D-NY
- Frank Crowther R-NY
- Francis Dugan Culkin R-NY
- Bert Lord R-NY
- Clarence Eugene Hancock R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- George Bradshaw Kelly D-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R-NY
- Alfred Florian Beiter D-NY
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Matthew Joseph Merritt D-NY
- Joseph Andrew Dixon D-OH
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb D-OH
- Frank Charles Kniffin D-OH
- Arthur William Aleshire D-OH
- John Feeney Hunter D-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Arthur Philip Lamneck D-OH
- Dudley Allen White R-OH
- Dow Watters Harter D-OH
- William Richard Thom D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Lawrence E. Imhoff D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Harold Gerard Mosier D-OH
- John Mcsweeney D-OH
- Phillip Colgan Ferguson D-OK
- James Wheaton Mott R-OR
- Michael Joseph Bradley D-PA
- Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D-PA
- Michael Joseph Stack D-PA
- Ira Walton Drew D-PA
- James Wolfenden R-PA
- John Roland Kinzer R-PA
- Patrick Joseph Boland D-PA
- John Harold Flannery D-PA
- Guy Louis Moser D-PA
- John William Ditter R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- John Buell Snyder D-PA
- Charles Noel Crosby D-PA
- Peter Joseph De Muth D-PA
- James Leland Quinn D-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Matthew O'Connell D-RI
- Thomas Sanders Mcmillan D-SC
- John Clarence Taylor D-SC
- Gabriel Heyward Mahon Jr. D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Samuel Davis Mcreynolds D-TN
- Richard Merrill Atkinson D-TN
- Clarence Wyly Turner D-TN
- Herron Carney Pearson D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Walter (Clift) Chandler D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Morgan Gurley Sanders D-TX
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Hatton William Sumners D-TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson D-TX
- Nat Patton D-TX
- Joseph Jefferson Mansfield D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Robert Ewing Thomason D-TX
- John Marvin Jones D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Schuyler Otis Bland D-VA
- Norman Rond Hamilton D-VA
- Patrick Henry Drewry D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- John William Flannagan Jr. D-VA
- Charles Albert Plumley R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Martin Fernard Smith D-WA
- Jennings Randolph 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
- Joe Starnes D-AL
- William Brockman Bankhead D-AL
- Clarence Frederick Lea D-CA
- John Harvey Tolan D-CA
- Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R-CA
- Alfred James Elliott D-CA
- Henry Elbert Stubbs D-CA
- Thomas Francis Ford D-CA
- Byron Nicholson Scott D-CA
- Edward Thomas Taylor D-CO
- William Franklin Allen D-DE
- Robert C. Word Ramspeck D-GA
- Braswell Drue Deen D-GA
- Lloyd Thurston R-IA
- Otha Donner Wearin D-IA
- Fred Cramer Gilchrist R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Kent Ellsworth Keller D-IL
- William Theodore Schulte D-IN
- Samuel Barrett Pettengill D-IN
- Virginia Ellis Jenckes D-IN
- Arthur Herbert Greenwood D-IN
- Eugene Burgess Crowe D-IN
- Beverly Mills Vincent D-KY
- Edward Wester Creal D-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- Andrew Jackson May D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Paul Herbert Maloney D-LA
- René Louis De Rouen D-LA
- Lawrence Joseph Connery D-MA
- William Patrick Connery Jr. D-MA
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D-MA
- Vincent Luke Palmisano D-MD
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- John Lesinski D-MI
- Elmer James Ryan D-MN
- Paul John Kvale O-MN
- Joseph Bernard Shannon D-MO
- Orville Zimmerman D-MO
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D-NC
- Jerome Bayard Clark D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Zebulon Weaver D-NC
- Alphonse Roy D-NH
- Edward Leo O'Neill D-NJ
- Frank William Towey Jr. D-NJ
- Mary Teresa Norton D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Bruce Barton R-NY
- James Joseph Lanzetta D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Charles Dunsmore Millard R-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- Hamilton Fish R-NY
- Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R-NY
- Philip Arnold Goodwin R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Bertrand Hollis Snell R-NY
- Fred James Douglas R-NY
- Walter Gresham Andrews R-NY
- Byron Berry Harlan D-OH
- Thomas Brooks Fletcher D-OH
- Harold Kile Claypool D-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Martin Leonard Sweeney D-OH
- Anthony Alfred Fleger D-OH
- John Conover Nichols D-OK
- Gomer Griffith Smith D-OK
- Jed Joseph Johnson D-OK
- Leon Sacks D-PA
- James Patrick Mcgranery D-PA
- John Burrwood Daly D-PA
- James Hilary Gildea D-PA
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Guy Jacob Swope D-PA
- Don Gingery D-PA
- Charles Isiah Faddis D-PA
- Joseph Anthony Gray D-PA
- Matthew Anthony Dunn D-PA
- Hampton Pitts Fulmer D-SC
- Allard Henry Gasque D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- James Willis Taylor R-TN
- Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
- James Paul Buchanan D-TX
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Fritz Garland Lanham D-TX
- William Doddridge Mcfarlane D-TX
- Richard Mifflin Kleberg Sr. D-TX
- Milton Horace West D-TX
- James William Robinson D-UT
- Andrew Jackson Montague D-VA
- Dave Edward Satterfield Jr. D-VA
- Clifton Alexander Woodrum D-VA
- Raymond Joseph Cannon D-WI
- Michael Kieran Reilly D-WI
- John Kee D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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