Senate roll call 486 · 94th Congress · Nov 14, 1975
To close further debate on H.R. 5900.
On Nov 14, 1975, the Senate voted 58–31 (HR 5900). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–15, Republicans 14–16, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 58
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Nov 14, 1975
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- 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
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Did not vote
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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