Senate roll call 532 · 90th Congress · Jul 31, 1968
To amend H.R. 15263 by providing that when any country 90 days in arrears on debt to the U.S. Shall present dollars in redemption for gold to US, the dollars SH
On Jul 31, 1968, the Senate voted 42–33 (HR 15263). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–32, Republicans 24–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 42
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 31, 1968
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 32 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
H.R. 15263: To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- 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
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Jack Richard Miller R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- William Belser Spong Jr. D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
Did not vote
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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