Senate roll call 109 · 91st Congress · Oct 21, 1969
To amend H.R. 13763, fiscal 1970 appropriations for the legislative branch, by reducing by $1,389,816 funds for salaries of Senate administrative and clerical a
On Oct 21, 1969, the Senate voted 26–49 (HR 13763). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–28, Republicans 13–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Oct 21, 1969
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 28 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 25 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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