Senate roll call 552 · 90th Congress · Sep 17, 1968
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate rejected MR. Dodd's amendment respecting qualifications for a licensed dealer in firearms.
On Sep 17, 1968, the Senate voted 45–39 (S 3633). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–30, Republicans 25–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 45
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Sep 17, 1968
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 30 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 12 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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