Senate roll call 602 · 92nd Congress · Jun 8, 1972
To recommit the nomination of richard g. Kleindienst to be attorney general of the United States to the committee on the judiciary.
On Jun 8, 1972, the Senate voted 20–63. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–26, Republicans 0–43, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 20
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 8, 1972
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- David Henry Gambrell D-GA voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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