Senate roll call 467 · 89th Congress · Oct 4, 1966
To table modified byrd amendment to S. 3164, the economic opportunity amendments, that bars assistance under the act to anyone who incited or carried on a riot
On Oct 4, 1966, the Senate voted 32–39 (S 3164). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–26, Republicans 8–23. 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
- 32
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 4, 1966
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 26 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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