Senate roll call 5 · 95th Congress · Jan 19, 1977
To proceed to the consideration of S. RES. 18.
On Jan 19, 1977, the Senate voted 50–41 (SRE 18). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–32, Republicans 25–9, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 members voted against their own party.
During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jan 19, 1977
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 32 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- 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
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
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
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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