Senate roll call 538 · 90th Congress · Aug 1, 1968
To pass H.R. 18785, fiscal 1969 appropriations for military construction.
On Aug 1, 1968, the Senate voted 71–3 (HR 18785). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–4, Republicans 30–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 71
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 1, 1968
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted no
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-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
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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