Senate roll call 547 · 92nd Congress · Apr 11, 1972
To amend S. 2956, by making provisions applicable to hostilities in which U.S. Armed forces are involved (i.e. Vietnam) on the effective date of the bill.
On Apr 11, 1972, the Senate voted 11–74 (S 2956). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–32, Republicans 0–41, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 11
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 11, 1972
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 32 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell 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
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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