Senate roll call 621 · 91st Congress · Dec 2, 1970
To pass H.R. 471.
On Dec 2, 1970, the Senate voted 70–12 (HR 471). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–6, Republicans 33–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 70
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Dec 2, 1970
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 471: To amend section 4 of the Act of May 31, 1933 (48 Stmt. 108)
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff 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
- 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
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- 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
- 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
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- 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
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- 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
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.