List of congressional opponents of the Vietnam War explained

This is a list of U.S. senators and representatives who opposed the Vietnam War. This includes those who initially supported the war, but later changed their stance to a strong opposition to it.

Senate

SenatorParty (at opposition)StateTerm (at opposition)
StartEnd
data-sort-value="Church, Frank" Frank ChurchDemocraticIdaho[1]
data-sort-value="Cooper, John Sherman" John Sherman CooperRepublicanKentucky[2]
data-sort-value="Fulbright, J. William" J. William FulbrightDemocraticArkansas[3]
data-sort-value="Gore, Albert, Sr." Albert Gore Sr.DemocraticTennessee[4]
data-sort-value="Gravel, Mike" Mike GravelDemocraticAlaska[5]
data-sort-value="Gruening, Ernest" Ernest GrueningDemocraticAlaska[6]
data-sort-value="Hartke, Vance" Vance HartkeDemocraticIndiana[7]
data-sort-value="Hatfield, Mark" Mark HatfieldRepublicanOregon[8]
data-sort-value="Javits, Jacob" Jacob JavitsRepublicanNew York[9]
data-sort-value="Kennedy, Robert F." Robert F. KennedyDemocraticNew York[10]
data-sort-value="Mansfield, Mike" Mike MansfieldDemocraticMontana[11]
data-sort-value="Mathias, Charles" Charles MathiasRepublicanMaryland[12]
data-sort-value="McCarthy, Eugene" Eugene McCarthyDemocratic-Farmer-LaborMinnesota[13]
data-sort-value="McGovern, George" George McGovernDemocraticSouth Dakota[14]
data-sort-value="Morse, Wayne" Wayne MorseDemocraticOregon[15]
data-sort-value="Proxmire, William" William ProxmireDemocraticWisconsin[16]

House of Representatives

RepresentativeParty (at opposition)DistrictTerm (at opposition)
StartEnd
Bella AbzugDemocraticNY-19[17]
NY-20
data-sort-value="Aspin, Les" Les AspinDemocraticWI-01[18]
data-sort-value="Brown, George, Jr." George Brown Jr.DemocraticCA-29[19]
data-sort-value="Burton, Phillip" Phillip BurtonDemocraticCA-05[20]
data-sort-value="Dellums, Ron" Ron DellumsDemocraticCA-07[21]
Robert DrinanDemocraticMA-03[22]
MA-04
Ed KochDemocraticNY-17[23]
NY-18
data-sort-value="Lowenstein, Allard K." Allard K. LowensteinDemocraticNY-05[24]
data-sort-value="McCloskey, Pete" Pete McCloskeyRepublicanCA-11[25]
data-sort-value="Mink, Patsy" Patsy MinkDemocraticHawaii[26]
data-sort-value="O'Neill, Tip" Tip O'NeillDemocraticMA-08[27]
data-sort-value="Reuss, Henry S." Henry S. ReussDemocraticWI-05[28]
data-sort-value="Riegle, Donald" Donald RiegleRepublicanMI-07[29]
data-sort-value="Scheuer, James H." James H. ScheuerDemocraticNY-21[30]
data-sort-value="Siler, Eugene" Eugene SilerRepublicanKY-05[31]
data-sort-value="Stark, Pete" Pete StarkDemocraticCA-08[32]
data-sort-value="Young, Andrew" Andrew YoungDemocraticGA-05[33]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schmitz, David F. . 2003 . Congress Must Draw the Line: Senator Frank Church and Opposition to the Vietnam War and the Imperial Presidency . Woods . Randall Bennett . Vietnam and the American political tradition. Cambridge University Press . 121–148 . 0-521-01000-4.
  2. News: John Sherman Cooper Dies at 89; Long-time Senator From Kentucky . . 1991-02-23 . Albin Krebs.
  3. Encyclopedia: . J. William Fulbright . 2009-04-17 . 2009.
  4. News: A Political Father Who Chose the High Road and Unpopular Stands . The New York Times . 2000-05-22 . Melinda Henneberger .
  5. News: Vance Hartke, 84; Indiana Senator Opposed Johnson on Vietnam . Los Angeles Times. Myrna Oliver . 29 July 2003.
  6. Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/vietnam-and-the-american-political-tradition/progressive-dissent-ernest-gruening-and-vietnam/32490955054422331443CF2AAE4DF012. The Progressive Dissent: Ernest Gruening and Vietnam. 10.1017/CBO9780511615375.004 . 2022-05-22 . Vietnam and the American Political Tradition . 2003 . Johnson . Robert D. . 58–81 . 9780521811484 .
  7. News: Vance Hartke, 84; Indiana Senator Opposed Johnson on Vietnam . Los Angeles Times. Myrna Oliver . 2003-07-29.
  8. The Viet Nam Race . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220193843/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840678,00.html . dead . February 20, 2008 . Time Magazine . 1966-10-14.
  9. Book: Mann, Robert . A Grand Delusion: America's Descent into Vietnam . Basic Books . 554 . 2002 . 0-465-04370-4. 2009-04-19.
  10. The Last Good Campaign . Vanity Fair . Thurston Clarke . June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220171610/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/06/rfk_excerpt200806 . 2014-12-20 .
  11. Web site: The Vietnam War, the Liberals, and the Overthrow of LBJ. 1984. Matusow. Allen. 2009-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20090316001616/http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/readings/Matusow_VietnamWar.pdf. 2009-03-16. dead.
  12. News: Back in Time: At War with War . CNN . 2009-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090615104455/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/back.time/9605/20/ . 2009-06-15 . dead .
  13. News: Eugene J. McCarthy, Senate Dove Who Jolted '68 Race, Dies at 89 . . 2005-12-11 . Francis X. Clines.
  14. The Plight of The Doves . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224934/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902748,00.html . dead . September 30, 2007 . Time Magazine. 1970-09-14.
  15. News: FBI Investigated Wayne Morse Over Vietnam War Opposition; Johnson Allegedly Ordered Probe of Senator . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022114129/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1268276.html . dead . 2012-10-22 . The Washington Post . 1988-07-17 . subscription .
  16. News: William Proxmire, Maverick Democratic Senator From Wisconsin, Is Dead at 90 . 2005-12-16 . . Richard Severo.
  17. News: Bella Abzug, 77, Congresswoman And a Founding Feminist, Is Dead . Laura Mansnerus . . 1998-04-01.
  18. Web site: Les Aspin January 21, 1993 - February 3, 1994 18th Secretary of Defense Clinton Administration. U.S. Department of Defense.
  19. News: Liberal Representative George Brown Jr. Dies . Daily News . Stephen Green . 1999-07-17.
  20. News: 13 Demos Press to End War . The Deseret News . 1971-05-25.
  21. Web site: Ronald V. Dellums; Representative, 1971–1998, Democrat from California . Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 . 2008 . Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C . 2009-04-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308034431/http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=38 . 2012-03-08 .
  22. Web site: Friends and Students Remember Jesuit Pioneer . Georgetown University . 2007-02-05 . April 17, 2009 . March 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310155632/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=22432 . dead .
  23. News: Ed Koch's Legacy. Gotham Gazette. 2005-11-14. 2009-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20070427090825/http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20030602/4/408. 27 April 2007. dead.
  24. Book: Olson, James Stuart . Historical dictionary of the 1960s . 281–282. 0-313-29271-X. Greenwood Publishing Group . 1999. 2009-04-19.
  25. News: White knight in a battle-bus . The Economist . 2006-06-01.
  26. Web site: Patsy T. Mink . Women in Congress . Office of the Clerk, U.S. Capitol, Room H154 - Washington, DC . 2009-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721042904/http://womenincongress.house.gov/profiles/print.php?id=M000797 . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  27. News: Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., a Democratic Power in the House for Decades, Dies at 81 . . Martin Tolchin . 1994-01-07.
  28. News: Longtime Rep. Henry Reuss Dies; Wis. Democrat a Banking Expert . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020064643/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/99640906.html?dids=99640906:99640906&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+15,+2002&author=Graeme+Zielinski&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=B.07&desc=Longtime+Rep.+Henry+Reuss+Dies%3B+Wis.+Democrat+a+Banking+Expert . dead . October 20, 2012 . The Washington Post . 2002-01-15. Graeme Zielinski. fee required . He also was a foe of the Communist-baiting Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.); an early supporter of civil rights, conservation and congressional reform legislation; and a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War. .
  29. News: Strong Criticism Comes in Reaction to Bombing . The Virgin Islands Daily News . 1972-12-22.
  30. Book: Morgan, Joseph G. . The Vietnam Lobby . UNC Press . 1997 . 110 . 2009-04-19. 0-8078-2322-8.
  31. Web site: The Christian Conservative Who Opposed the Vietnam War . History News Network . 2006-08-21. Beito . David T . Beito . Linda Royster.
  32. News: Threats and Responses: The Draft; A New Tactic Against War: Renew Talk About Draft . . 2003-02-09. Carl Hulse .
  33. Encyclopedia: Andrew Young. Encyclopædia Britannica .

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