Senate roll call 278 · 90th Congress · Nov 29, 1967
To amend H.R. 7977, by requiring vouchers certified by the senator for payment of travel expenses for the round trips to his home state presently allowed to mem
On Nov 29, 1967, the Senate voted 37–47 (HR 7977). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–40, Republicans 24–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 37
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Nov 29, 1967
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 40 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ voted no
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- 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
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted yes
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
H.R. 7977: To adjust certain postage rates, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- 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
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Joseph Manuel Montoya D-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- 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
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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