Senate roll call 772 · 93rd Congress · May 9, 1974
To pass S.411, authorizing the postal rate commission to make recommended decisions for changes in postal rates and fees.
On May 9, 1974, the Senate voted 71–11 (S 411). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–3, Republicans 27–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 71
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 9, 1974
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
S. 411: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, relating to the Postal Service.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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