Senate roll call 340 · 90th Congress · Mar 8, 1968
To amend H.R. 2516, by providing that discrimination would be prohibited in all housing for veterans or members of the U.S. Armed forces and their dependents.
On Mar 8, 1968, the Senate voted 13–73 (HR 2516). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–47, Republicans 4–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 13
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 8, 1968
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 47 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 28 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- 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
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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