Senate roll call 418 · 90th Congress · May 16, 1968
To amend S. 917 by imposing an absolute prohibition against sale or delivery in interstate commerce of any destructive device or gangster type weapon to any per
On May 16, 1968, the Senate voted 30–47 (S 917). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–39, Republicans 16–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 30
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 16, 1968
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 39 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI voted yes
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- 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
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- 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
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
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