Senate roll call 503 · 92nd Congress · Mar 6, 1972
To agree to conference report on H.R. 1746, to further promote equal employment opportunities for american workers.
On Mar 6, 1972, the Senate voted 62–10 (HR 1746). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–7, Republicans 32–5, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 92nd Congress (1971–1972), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 62
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 6, 1972
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
The bill
H.R. 1746: To further promote equal employment opportunities for American worker:`.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA
- 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
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-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
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- 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
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
Did not vote
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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