Senate roll call 283 · 90th Congress · Nov 29, 1967
To amend H.R. 7977, by providing a substitute table of rates for postage on publications admitted as 2nd-class mail when addressed for delivery within the count
On Nov 29, 1967, the Senate voted 44–46 (HR 7977). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–38, Republicans 26–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 44
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Nov 29, 1967
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 38 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 3 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
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 7977: To adjust certain postage rates, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- 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
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Norris H. Cotton R-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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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