Senate roll call 713 · 92nd Congress · Jul 25, 1972
To amend S. 2871, so as to vest in the secretary of the interior jurisdiction over all species of mammals as described in the bill.
On Jul 25, 1972, the Senate voted 38–48 (S 2871). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–22, Republicans 11–28, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 38
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 25, 1972
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 22 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long 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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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