Senate roll call 452 · 89th Congress · Sep 21, 1966
To amend S. 293, a bill to establish a public college in the district of columbia, by providing for an independently elected school board for the district of co
On Sep 21, 1966, the Senate voted 22–54 (S 293). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–48, Republicans 26–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 89th Congress (1965–1966), Lyndon B. Johnson was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Sep 21, 1966
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 48 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK voted yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Milward Lee Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Maurine Brown Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Donald Stuart Russell D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ross Bass D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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