Senate roll call 631 · 92nd Congress · Jun 20, 1972
To amend S. 3617, the comprehensive headstart, child development, and family services act of 1972, by giving secretary discretionary authority to select applica
On Jun 20, 1972, the Senate voted 45–38 (S 3617). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–33, Republicans 31–9, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 45
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 20, 1972
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 33 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford 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
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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