Senate roll call 517 · 90th Congress · Jul 26, 1968
To amend H.R. 15387, to provide disciplinary action against postal service employees who assault other such employees in performance of official duties, by exem
On Jul 26, 1968, the Senate voted 46–17 (HR 15387). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–9, Republicans 19–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 46
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 26, 1968
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted no
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- 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
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- 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
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland 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
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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