Senate roll call 205 · 92nd Congress · Sep 21, 1971
To adopt the conference report on H.R. 6531.
On Sep 21, 1971, the Senate voted 55–30 (HR 6531). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–26, Republicans 35–8, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Sep 21, 1971
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- 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
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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