Senate roll call 1120 · 94th Congress · Aug 9, 1976
To amend H.R. 14262, by deleting $350 million for the navy's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
On Aug 9, 1976, the Senate voted 35–50 (HR 14262). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–22, Republicans 5–29, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Aug 9, 1976
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 22 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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