Senate roll call 580 · 90th Congress · Oct 3, 1968
To amend H. R. 18707 by opening to competitive bidding repair contracts for any navy vessel if work is to be in a place other than its home port.
On Oct 3, 1968, the Senate voted 21–40 (HR 18707). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–38, Republicans 17–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 21
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Oct 3, 1968
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 38 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening 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
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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