Senate roll call 275 · 89th Congress · Mar 8, 1966
To amend H.R. 12752, the 1966 tax adjustment act, by adding a new section to the bill blanketing under social security all U.S. Citizens and certain aliens, 70
On Mar 8, 1966, the Senate voted 45–40 (HR 12752). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–33, Republicans 22–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 89th Congress (1965–1966), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 8, 1966
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 33 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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