To amend S. 2787, by eliminating the following provision related to the amount of the national marketing quota allotted to each state which was to be appropriat

On Dec 15, 1937, the Senate voted 47–19 (S 2787). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–17, Republicans 9–1, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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: 47
No: 19
Did not vote: 25
Date: Dec 15, 1937

By party

Democrats39 yes · 17 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

John Elvis Miller D-AR voted no
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Sherman Minton D-IN voted no
George Mcgill D-KS voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted no
Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ voted no
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA voted no
Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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