Senate roll call 168 · 91st Congress · Dec 8, 1969
To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969, by deleting the section of the bill under which the portion of lump-sum distributions attributable to employer cont
On Dec 8, 1969, the Senate voted 50–37 (HR 13270). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–16, Republicans 19–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 members voted against their own party.
During the 91st Congress (1969–1970), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Dec 8, 1969
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 13270, tax reform act of 1969…: Senate Vote, Dec 8, 1969,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/91-S-168/to-amend-h-r-13270-tax-reform-act-of (accessed 2026-10-17).