Senate roll call 521 · 91st Congress · Sep 16, 1970
To amend H.R. 6778, a bill amending the bank holding company act of 1956, by striking from the bill the so-called conglomerate amendment.
On Sep 16, 1970, the Senate voted 34–37 (HR 6778). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–21, Republicans 13–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 34
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Sep 16, 1970
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted yes
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
The bill
H.R. 6778: To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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