Senate roll call 60 · 92nd Congress · May 24, 1971
To move to reconsider the vote of may 21, 1971, by which the Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 8190 (a negative vote on the motion to reconsider wi
On May 24, 1971, the Senate voted 21–33 (HR 8190). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–21, Republicans 15–11, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 21
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 24, 1971
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- John Varick Tunney D-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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