Senate roll call 11 · 90th Congress · Feb 7, 1967
To amend S. 355, to allow committees to continue the present practice of allowing senators to vote by proxy, in committee.
On Feb 7, 1967, the Senate voted 48–38 (S 355). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–20, Republicans 16–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 members voted against their own party.
During the 90th Congress (1967–1968), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Feb 7, 1967
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-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
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken 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
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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