Senate roll call 324 · 91st Congress · Mar 9, 1970
To amend H.R. 4249, so as to permit a state which repealed literacy requirement to be exempt from coverage of voting rights act.
On Mar 9, 1970, the Senate voted 26–54 (HR 4249). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–34, Republicans 12–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 26
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 9, 1970
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 34 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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