Senate roll call 1067 · 94th Congress · Aug 3, 1976
To override the President's veto of S. 391, the federal coal leasing amendments act of 1975.
On Aug 3, 1976, the Senate voted 76–17 (S 391). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 55–1, Republicans 20–15, Others 1–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 76
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Aug 3, 1976
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
The bill
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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- 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
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long 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
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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