Senate roll call 173 · 91st Congress · Dec 9, 1969
To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969, to give special consideration to tax payers who give 80 per cent or more of their adjusted gross income to charitab
On Dec 9, 1969, the Senate voted 41–54 (HR 13270). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–38, Republicans 26–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 41
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Dec 9, 1969
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 38 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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