Senate roll call 642 · 94th Congress · Feb 18, 1976
To amend S.2662. The kennedy amendment prohibits military aid to chile.
On Feb 18, 1976, the Senate voted 48–39 (S 2662). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–14, Republicans 10–23, Others 0–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 48
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 18, 1976
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Glenn Beall Jr. R-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Varick Tunney D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Emerson Brock III R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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