Former U.S. Senator

Daniel Patrick MoynihanNo longer serving

State NY Party Democratic In office 1977–2001

Fact sheet
Official portrait of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Cosponsored
0

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
1,132

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Biography

A Senator from New York. Born in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. , March 16, 1927. Attended the public and parochial schools of New York City. Attended City College of New York 1943. Graduated, Tufts University, Medford, Mass. , 1948. Received graduate and law degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 1949, 1961, 1968. Studied as a Fulbright fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science 1950-1951. Served in the United States Navy 1944-1947. Navy reserve 1947-1966. Assistant and secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman 1955-1958. Member, New York State Tenure Commission 1959-1960. Director, Syracuse University's New York State Government Research Project 1959-1961. Director, Joint Center for Urban Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University 1966-1969. Author. Held sub-cabinet positions under Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford 1961-1976. Ambassador to India 1973-1975. United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1975-1976. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1976. Reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994 and served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 2001. Was not a candidate for reelection in 2000. Chairman, Committee on the Environment and Public Works (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses). Committee on Finance (One Hundred Third Congress). Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000. Professor at Syracuse University's Maxwell School 2001. Senior scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2001-2003. Died of complications from a ruptured appendix on March 26, 2003. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

BillQuestionVotedDate
HR 4577On the Motion (Motion to Waive re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 3678)YeaJun 28, 2000
HR 4577On the Motion (Motion To Instruct The Sergeant At Arms)YeaJun 22, 2000
S 2522On the Motion (Shall The Bill S. 2522 Be Read A Third Time?)YeaJun 22, 2000
S 761On the Conference Report S. 761YeaJun 16, 2000
HR 4475On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4475YeaJun 15, 2000
HR 4576On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4576YeaJun 13, 2000
HR 2559On the Conference Report H.R. 2559YeaMay 25, 2000
S 2603On the Motion (Shall S. 2603 Be Engrossed And Advanced To Third Reading?)YeaMay 25, 2000

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

No sponsored bills on file.

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

No cosponsored bills on file.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.