Senate roll call 281 · 91st Congress · Feb 16, 1970
To adopt S. RES. 323, providing funds for select committee on nutrition and human needs.
On Feb 16, 1970, the Senate voted 47–12 (SRES 323). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–7, Republicans 26–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 47
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 16, 1970
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty 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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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