Senate roll call 384 · 90th Congress · Mar 29, 1968
To amend the smathers-williams amendment to H.R. 15414, by imposing quotas on imported dairy products.
On Mar 29, 1968, the Senate voted 37–38 (HR 15414). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–27, Republicans 17–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 43 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
- 37
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 29, 1968
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 27 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD voted yes
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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