The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (92nd Congress) · March 14, 1972
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN.
Procedural
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 every one voted no; 11 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 1 yes, 1 no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alaska 1 yes, 1 no
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Browning Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James William Fulbright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Little McClellan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NAY
- Paul Jones Fannin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward John Gurney (Republican) — NAY
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harold Everett Hughes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jack Richard Miller (Republican) — NAY
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Forrester Church (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leonard Beck Jordan (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Harting Percy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Birch Evans Bayh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rupert Vance Hartke (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Blackwood Pearson (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Joseph Dole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Margaret Chase Smith (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Frederick Mondale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lee Warren Metcalf (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Joseph Mansfield (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — NAY
- Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Norris H. Cotton (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas James McIntyre (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clinton Presba Anderson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Manuel Montoya (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Roy Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Karl Earl Mundt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Edward Moss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wallace Foster Bennett (Republican) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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