Senate roll call 243 · 94th Congress · Jun 21, 1975
To amend S RES 166, by stating the sense of the Senate that the committee on rules and administration shall investigate the casting of the michaud absentee ball
On Jun 21, 1975, the Senate voted 23–33 (SRES 166). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–38, Republicans 26–0, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 23
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 21, 1975
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 38 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Robert Taft Jr. R-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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