Senate roll call 717 · 92nd Congress · Jul 26, 1972
To amend H.R. 13324, a bill authorizing funds for maritime programs under the department of commerce, by a committee amendment adding a new section 3, to requir
On Jul 26, 1972, the Senate voted 33–41 (HR 13324). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–22, Republicans 11–28, Others 0–1, 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
- 33
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Jul 26, 1972
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted yes
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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