Senate roll call 278 · 91st Congress · Feb 4, 1970
To pass H.R. 2.
On Feb 4, 1970, the Senate voted 73–15 (HR 2). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–4, Republicans 26–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 73
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Feb 4, 1970
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- 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
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.