Senate roll call 563 · 93rd Congress · Dec 17, 1973
To consider S. 1868, a bill to ban the importation of rhodesian chrome ore.
On Dec 17, 1973, the Senate voted 46–25 (S 1868). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–8, Republicans 19–17, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 93rd Congress (1973–1974), Richard Nixon was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 17, 1973
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 17 no · 7 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted no
- Edward John Gurney R-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
Other votes
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