Senate roll call 131 · 75th Congress · Apr 6, 1938
To amend H.R. 9995, a bill making appropriations for fiscal 1939, by, on page 45, line 19 after the words "excess of", striking out "$2,900,000" and inserting "
On Apr 6, 1938, the Senate voted 37–29 (HR 9995). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–24, Republicans 9–4, Others 1–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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
- 37
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 6, 1938
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Elvis Miller D-AR voted no
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE voted no
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID voted no
- William Edgar Borah R-ID voted no
- Sherman Minton D-IN voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Herbert Emery Hitchcock D-SD voted no
- George Leonard Berry D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted no
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Herbert Emery Hitchcock D-SD
- George Leonard Berry D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- William Henry King D-UT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James John Davis R-PA
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixie Bibb Graves D-AL
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- John Gerald Milton D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Alfred Evan Reames D-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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