Senate roll call 1101 · 93rd Congress · Dec 13, 1974
To confirm the nomination of melvin a. Conant to be assistant administrator for the federal energy commission.
On Dec 13, 1974, the Senate voted 55–35. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–33, Republicans 36–2, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Dec 13, 1974
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 33 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans36 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- 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
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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