Tell me how many republicans in the South voted for it.Democrats (Dixiecrats) in the US House & Senate voted against it , LBJ & Republicans made it happen .
How many times do I need to do this.
The House of Representatives:[3]
- Southern Democrats: 8–83 (9–91%) – four Representatives from Texas (Jack Brooks, Albert Thomas, J. J. Pickle, and Henry González), two from Tennessee (Richard Fulton and Ross Bass), Claude Pepper of Florida and Charles L. Weltner of Georgia voted in favor
- Southern Republicans: 0–11 (0–100%)
- Northern Democrats: 145–8 (95–5%)
- Northern Republicans: 136–24 (85–15%)
The Senate:[2]
- Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) – only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor
- Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) – John Tower of Texas, the only Southern Republican at the time, voted against
- Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) – only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against
- Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%) – Norris Cotton (NH), Barry Goldwater (AZ), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (IA), Edwin L. Mechem (NM), and Milward Simpson (WY) voted against