Senate roll call 571 · 90th Congress · Oct 2, 1968
To agree to conference report on H. R. 18366, proposed vocational education amendments of 1968.
On Oct 2, 1968, the Senate voted 58–11 (HR 18366). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 45–5, Republicans 28–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 58
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Oct 2, 1968
By party
- Democrats45 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 9 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA voted no
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE voted no
- Frank John Lausche D-OH voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
The bill
H.R. 18366: To amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Paul Jones Fannin R-AZ
- George Lloyd Murphy R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- Peter Hoyt Dominick R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge 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
- Leonard Beck (Len) Jordan R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Daniel Baugh Brewster D-MD
- Joseph Davies Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Walter Frederick Mondale D-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington 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
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell R-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Fred Roy Harris D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- 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
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
Did not vote
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Edward Vaughn Long D-MO
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Robert Francis Kennedy D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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