To agree to conference report on H.R. 4723, authorizing appropriations for the national science foundation.

On Aug 1, 1975, the House voted 321–79 (HR 4723). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 239–30, Republicans 82–49. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 79 members voted against their own party.

During the 94th Congress (1975–1976), Gerald Ford was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 321
No: 79
Did not vote: 41
Date: Aug 1, 1975

By party

Republicans82 yes · 49 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats239 yes · 30 no · 25 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
William Flynt Nichols D-AL voted no
Tom Bevill D-AL voted no
Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR voted no
John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR voted no
Sam Steiger R-AZ voted no
John Bertrand Conlan R-AZ voted no
William Matthew Ketchum R-CA voted no
John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
Delwin Morgan Clawson R-CA voted no
William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
Ronald Arthur Sarasin R-CT voted no
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL voted no
Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL voted no
Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL voted no
J. Herbert Burke R-FL voted no
Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA voted no
Marvin Dawson Mathis D-GA voted no
Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA voted no
John James Flynt Jr. D-GA voted no
Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
Robert Henry Michel R-IL voted no
Keith George Sebelius R-KS voted no
Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY voted no
Marion Gene Snyder R-KY voted no
Robert Edmund Bauman R-MD voted no
Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD voted no
Goodloe Edgar Byron D-MD voted no
David Farnham Emery R-ME voted no
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI voted no
Philip Edward Ruppe R-MI voted no
Gene Taylor R-MO voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
David Newton Henderson D-NC voted no
Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC voted no
Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC voted no
James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted no
Roy Arthur Taylor D-NC voted no
James Colgate Cleveland R-NH voted no
Harold Lowell Runnels D-NM voted no
Mario Biaggi D-NY voted no
Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY voted no
Jack French Kemp R-NY voted no
Donald Daniel Clancy R-OH voted no
Tennyson Guyer R-OH voted no
Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH voted no
William Howard Harsha R-OH voted no
Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH voted no
Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH voted no
Clarence E. Miller R-OH voted no
Samuel Leeper Devine R-OH voted no
John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK voted no
Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK voted no
Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA voted no
E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA voted no
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA voted no
William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA voted no
Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC voted no
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC voted no
Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC voted no
Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN voted no
Charles Wilson D-TX voted no
James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
Herbert Ray Roberts D-TX voted no
William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX voted no
David Edward Satterfield III D-VA voted no
Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA voted no
Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA voted no
James Kenneth Robinson R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

The bill

H.R. 4723: A bill authorizing appropriations to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1976.

How each representative voted: Yes

William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
John Hall Buchanan Jr. R-AL
Walter Flowers D-AL
William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
Raymond Hoyt (Ray) Thornton Jr. D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Morris King Udall D-AZ
Harold Terry Johnson D-CA
Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
Robert Louis Leggett D-CA
John Lowell Burton D-CA
Phillip Burton D-CA
George Miller D-CA
Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
John Joseph Mcfall D-CA
Bernice Frederic Sisk D-CA
Burt Lacklen Talcott R-CA
John Hans Krebs D-CA
Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
James Charles Corman D-CA
Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
Thomas Mankell Rees D-CA
Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
Edward R. Roybal D-CA
Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
George Elmore Danielson D-CA
Charles Herbert Wilson D-CA
Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
Mark Warren Hannaford D-CA
James Fredrick Lloyd D-CA
Shirley Neil Pettis R-CA
Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
Charles Edward Wiggins R-CA
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
Frank Edward Evans D-CO
James Paul (Jim) Johnson R-CO
William Ross Cotter D-CT
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D-CT
Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
Don Fuqua D-FL
William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
Richard Kelly R-FL
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Louis Frey Jr. R-FL
Paul Grant Rogers D-FL
William Lehman D-FL
Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. D-GA
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. D-GA
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D-GA
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
Patsy Takemoto Mink D-HI
Edward Maurice Mezvinsky D-IA
Michael Thomas Blouin D-IA
Neal Edward Smith D-IA
Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
Ralph Harold Metcalfe D-IL
Morgan Francis Murphy D-IL
Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
John G. Fary D-IL
Henry John Hyde R-IL
Cardiss Collins D-IL
Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
Abner Joseph Mikva D-IL
Frank Annunzio D-IL
Robert Mcclory R-IL
John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
Tim Lee Hall D-IL
John Bayard Anderson R-IL
George Miller O'Brien R-IL
Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
George Edward Shipley D-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Floyd James Fithian D-IN
John Brademas D-IN
John Edward Roush D-IN
Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
David Walter Evans D-IN
Philip Harold Hayes D-IN
Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
Martha Elizabeth Keys D-KS
Garner E. Shriver R-KS
Joe Skubitz R-KS
William Huston Natcher D-KY
Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
Tim Lee Carter R-KY
John Bayne Breckinridge D-KY
Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
David Conner Treen R-LA
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
William Henson Moore III R-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Gillis William Long D-LA
Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
Robert Frederick Drinan D-MA
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
Torbert Hart Macdonald D-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John Joseph Moakley D-MA
James Anthony Burke D-MA
Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Gladys Noon Spellman D-MD
Parren James Mitchell D-MD
Gilbert Gude R-MD
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
John Conyers Jr. D-MI
Garry Eldridge Brown R-MI
J. Edward Hutchinson R-MI
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D-MI
Milton Robert (Bob) Carr D-MI
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
James Grant O'Hara D-MI
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D-MI
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
William S. Broomfield R-MI
Albert Harold Quie R-MN
Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
Joseph Edward Karth D-MN
Donald MacKay Fraser D-MN
Richard Michael Nolan D-MN
Robert Selmer Bergland D-MN
James Louis Oberstar D-MN
James Wadsworth Symington D-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
William Joseph Randall D-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
Jerry Lon Litton D-MO
William Leonard Hungate D-MO
Bill D. Burlison D-MO
David Reece Bowen D-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
John Melcher D-MT
Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D-NC
James Grubbs Martin R-NC
Mark Andrews R-ND
Charles Thone R-NE
John Yetter Mccollister R-NE
Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
James Joseph Florio D-NJ
William John Hughes D-NJ
James John Howard D-NJ
Frank Thompson Jr. D-NJ
Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
Gene Andrew Maguire D-NJ
Robert A. Roe D-NJ
Henry Helstoski D-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Joseph George Minish D-NJ
Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
Helen Stevenson Meyner D-NJ
Dominick Vincent Daniels D-NJ
Edward James Patten D-NJ
Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
James David Santini D-NV
Otis Grey Pike D-NY
Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D-NY
Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
John Waldemar Wydler R-NY
Lester Lionel Wolff D-NY
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
James Haas Scheuer D-NY
Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
Frederick William Richmond D-NY
Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
Elizabeth Holtzman D-NY
John Michael Murphy D-NY
Edward Irving Koch D-NY
Charles B. Rangel D-NY
Bella Savitzky Abzug D-NY
Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
Peter A. Peyser R-NY
Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
Edward Worthington Pattison D-NY
Robert Cameron Mcewen R-NY
Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
James Michael Hanley D-NY
William Francis Walsh R-NY
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
Henry James Nowak D-NY
James Fred Hastings R-NY
Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
Charles William Whalen Jr. R-OH
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley D-OH
John William Stanton R-OH
Charles Adams Mosher R-OH
John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
Charles Joseph Carney D-OH
James Vincent Stanton D-OH
Louis Stokes D-OH
Charles Albert Vanik D-OH
James Robert Jones D-OK
Theodore Marshall Risenhoover D-OK
John Jarman R-OK
Les Aucoin D-OR
Albert Conrad Ullman D-OR
Robert Blackford Duncan D-OR
James Howard Weaver D-OR
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D-PA
William Joseph Green D-PA
Joshua Eilberg D-PA
Gus Yatron D-PA
Robert William Edgar D-PA
Edward George Biester Jr. R-PA
Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
Daniel John Flood D-PA
John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
William Singer Moorhead D-PA
Frederick Bernard Rooney D-PA
Edwin Duing Eshleman R-PA
Henry John Heinz III R-PA
John Herman Dent D-PA
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
Albert Walter Johnson R-PA
Gary Arthur Myers R-PA
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
Edward Peter Beard D-RI
Mendel Jackson Davis D-SC
James Robert Mann D-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
James Abdnor R-SD
James Henry Quillen R-TN
John James Duncan R-TN
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
Ed Jones D-TN
Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Alan Watson Steelman R-TX
Robert Christian Eckhardt D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
John Andrew Young D-TX
Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
Richard Crawford White D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
Barbara Charline Jordan D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Henry B. González D-TX
Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
Robert Randolph Casey D-TX
Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
Dale Milford D-TX
Koln Gunn Mckay D-UT
Allan Turner Howe D-UT
Thomas Nelms Downing D-VA
Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
Herbert Eugene Harris II D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joseph Lyman Fisher D-VA
Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
Edwin Lloyd Meeds D-WA
Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
Mike Mccormack D-WA
Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
Floyd Verne Hicks D-WA
Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
Leslie Aspin D-WI
Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
Alvin James Baldus D-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
William Albert Steiger R-WI
David Ross Obey D-WI
Robert John Cornell D-WI
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
John Mark Slack Jr. D-WV
Kenneth William Hechler D-WV
Teno Roncalio D-WY

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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