Senate roll call 251 · 91st Congress · Jan 23, 1970
To amend S. 30 by deleting title VII.
On Jan 23, 1970, the Senate voted 20–53 (S 30). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–33, Republicans 9–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 20
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 23, 1970
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 33 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
S. 30: A bill relating to the control of organized crime in the United States
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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