Senate roll call 884 · 92nd Congress · Oct 2, 1972
To amend H.R. 16593 by providing a 5% reduction in aggregate amount of appropriations for the defense establishment.
On Oct 2, 1972, the Senate voted 28–46 (HR 16593). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–19, Republicans 6–32, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 28
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 2, 1972
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 32 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR 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
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- 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
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen 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
- James Caleb Boggs 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore 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
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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