Senate roll call 204 · 90th Congress · Sep 27, 1967
To amend S. 2388, by transferring the headstart program from the office of economic opportunity to the department of health, education and welfare.
On Sep 27, 1967, the Senate voted 35–54 (S 2388). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–51, Republicans 27–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 35
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Sep 27, 1967
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 51 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 2388, by transferring the…: Senate Vote, Sep 27, 1967,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/90-S-204/to-amend-s-2388-by-transferring-the-headstart-program (accessed 2026-10-14).