Senate roll call 621 · 94th Congress · Jan 27, 1976
To agree to the nomination of george bush, of texas, to be director of the central intelligence agency.
On Jan 27, 1976, the Senate voted 64–27. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–26, Republicans 33–1, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 64
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jan 27, 1976
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted no
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- James Lane Buckley O-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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