The legislation had been proposed by President John F. Kennedy in June 1963, but it was opposed by filibuster in the Senate. After Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson pushed the bill forward. The United States House of Representatives passed the bill on February 10, 1964, and after a 54-day filibuster, passed the United States Senate on June 19, 1964. The final vote was 290–130 in the House of Representatives and 73–27 in the Senate. [5] After the House agreed to a subsequent Senate amendment, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson at the White House on July 2, 1964.
By party[ edit]
The record of the roll call vote kept by the House Clerk on final passage of the bill
The original House version: [24]
Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)Cloture in the Senate: [25]
Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)The Senate version: [24]
Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)The Senate version, voted on by the House: [24]
Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)By region[ edit]Note: "Southern", as used here, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that had made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states. [26]
The House of Representatives: [26]
Northern: 281–32 (90–10%)Southern: 8–94 (8–92%)The Senate: [26]
Northern: 72–6 (92–8%)Southern: 1–21 (5–95%) ( Ralph Yarborough of Texas was the only southerner to vote in favor in the Senate)By party and region[ edit]The House of Representatives: [26]
Southern Democrats: 8–87 (7–93%) (four Representatives from Texas, two from Tennessee, Claude Pepper of Florida and Charles L. Weltner of Georgia voted in favor)Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)The Senate: [26]
Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) ( John Tower of Texas)Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%)Aspects
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