Senate roll call 314 · 94th Congress · Jul 23, 1975
To amend H.R. 6219 by assuring that bilingual elections are conducted only where 5 per cent of a language minority exists having a dominant language other than
On Jul 23, 1975, the Senate voted 26–59 (HR 6219). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–44, Republicans 18–16, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 26
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 23, 1975
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 44 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- James George Abourezk D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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