Senate roll call 637 · 93rd Congress · Mar 4, 1974
To amend S. RES. 293, disapproving that part of the proposed presidential salary increase recommendations providing increase for members of Congress, by providi
On Mar 4, 1974, the Senate voted 17–71 (SRES 293). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–44, Republicans 12–27, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 17
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 4, 1974
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 44 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 27 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted yes
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Harold Everett Hughes D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Edward John Gurney R-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Marlow Webster Cook R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-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
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-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
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- William Bart Saxbe R-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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