To recommit the nomination of stanley k. Hathaway of wyoming to be secretary of the interior.

On Jun 11, 1975, the Senate voted 40–54. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–22, Republicans 4–31, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 40
No: 54
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jun 11, 1975

By party

Democrats37 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 31 no · 3 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
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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