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Q: Senate votes for and against Thurgood Marshall in 1967 ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Senate votes for and against Thurgood Marshall in 1967
Category: Reference, Education and News
Asked by: geedubya-ga
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Posted: 14 Aug 2004 18:34 PDT
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Question ID: 387938
I need to know the names of Senators who voted for and voted against
confirmation of Thurgood Marshall for Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
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Subject: Re: Senate votes for and against Thurgood Marshall in 1967
Answered By: juggler-ga on 14 Aug 2004 19:05 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

The vote on the Marshall nomination was 69-11, with 20 Senators not voting.

DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR CONFIRMATION 

Anderson (NM)
Bartlett (AK)
Bayh (IN)
Burdick (ND)
Cannon (NV)
Church (ID)
Clark (PA)
Dodd (CT)
Fulbright (AR)
Gore (TN)
Hart (MI)
Hayden (AZ)
Inouye (HI)
Jackson (WA)
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (NY)
Laushe (OH)
Long (MO)
Magnuson (WA)
McGee (WY)
McIntyre (NH)
Mondale (MN)
Monroney (OK)
More (OR)
Moss (UT)
Pastore (RI)
Proxmire (WI)
Randolph (WV)
Ribicoff (CT)
Spong (VA)
Symington (MO)
Tydings (MD)
Williams (NJ)
Yarborough (TX)
Young (OH)


REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR CONFIRMATION

Aiken (VT)
Allot (CO)
Baker (TN)
Bennett (UT)
Boggs (DE)
Brooke (MA)
Carlson (KS)
Case (NJ)
Cooper (KY)
Cotton (NH)
Curtis (NE)
Dirksen (IL)
Dominick (CO)
Fong (HI)
Griffin (MI)
Hanseen (WY)
Hatfield (OR)
Hruska (NE)
Javits (NY)
Jordan (ID)
Kuchel (CA)
Miller (IA)
Morton (KY)
Mundt (SD)
Pearson (KS)
Percy (IL)
Prouty (VT)
Scott (PA)
Smith (ME)
Tower (TX)
Williams (DE)
Young (ND)


DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST CONFIRMATION

Byrd (WV)
Eastland (MS)
Ellender (LA)
Ervin (NC)
Hill (AL)
Holland (FL)
Hollings (SC)
Long (LA)
Sparkman (AL)
Talmadge (GA)


REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST CONFIRMATION

Thurmond (SC)

 

Source:
"Roll-Call Vote in Senate on Marshall Nomination)
The New York Times, August 31, 1967, page 19
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=&x=13&y=13&By=&Title=roll+call+vote&datetype=6&frommonth=08&fromday=31&fromyear=1967&tomonth=08&today=31&toyear=1967&restrict=articles&sortby=REVERSE_CHRON

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new york times historical archive:
 thurgood marshall senate 1967

Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Senate votes for and against Thurgood Marshall in 1967
From: juggler-ga on 14 Aug 2004 19:35 PDT
 
Thank you for the tip.
-juggler
Subject: Re: Senate votes for and against Thurgood Marshall in 1967
From: adiloren-ga on 14 Aug 2004 20:43 PDT
 
Interesting. Regionally divided and clearly racist. A sad and
embarassing chapter in American history.

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