Senate roll call 85 · 90th Congress · May 11, 1967
To amend S. 1432, the selective service act of 1967, by putting the Senate on record as favoring the objective of moving to an effective voluntary system for TH
On May 11, 1967, the Senate voted 9–69 (S 1432). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–51, Republicans 5–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 9
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 11, 1967
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 51 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
S. 1432: A bill to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes.
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-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
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- George David Aiken R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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