List Of Congressional Opponents Of The Vietnam War
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
| Senator | Party (at opposition) | State | Term (at opposition) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
 | Frank Church | Democratic | Idaho | 3 January 1957 | 3 January 1981 | ||
 | John Sherman Cooper | Republican | Kentucky | 7 November 1956 | 3 January 1973 | ||
_2.jpg) | J. William Fulbright | Democratic | Arkansas | 3 January 1945 | 31 December 1974 | ||
 | Albert Gore Sr. | Democratic | Tennessee | 3 January 1953 | 3 January 1971 | ||
 | Mike Gravel | Democratic | Alaska | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1981 | ||
 | Ernest Gruening | Democratic | Alaska | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1969 | ||
 | Vance Hartke | Democratic | Indiana | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1977 | ||
 | Mark Hatfield | Republican | Oregon | 3 January 1967 | 3 January 1997 | ||
 | Jacob Javits | Republican | New York | 3 January 1957 | 3 January 1981 | ||
 | Robert F. Kennedy | Democratic | New York | 3 January 1965 | 6 June 1968 | ||
 | Mike Mansfield | Democratic | Montana | 3 January 1953 | 3 January 1977 | ||
 | Charles Mathias | Republican | Maryland | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1987 | ||
 | Eugene McCarthy | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | Minnesota | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1971 | ||
 | George McGovern | Democratic | South Dakota | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1981 | ||
 | Wayne Morse | Democratic | Oregon | 3 January 1945 | 3 January 1969 | ||
 | William Proxmire | Democratic | Wisconsin | 28 August 1957 | 3 January 1989 | ||
House of Representatives
| Representative | Party (at opposition) | District | Term (at opposition) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
 | Bella Abzug | Democratic | NY-19 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1973 | ||
| NY-20 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1977 | |||||
 | Les Aspin | Democratic | WI-01 | 3 January 1971 | 20 January 1993 | ||
 | George Brown Jr. | Democratic | CA-29 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1971 | ||
 | Phillip Burton | Democratic | CA-05 | 18 February 1964 | 3 January 1975 | ||
 | Ron Dellums | Democratic | CA-07 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1975 | ||
 | Robert Drinan | Democratic | MA-03 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1973 | ||
| MA-04 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1981 | |||||
 | Ed Koch | Democratic | NY-17 | 3 January 1969 | 31 December 1973 | ||
| NY-18 | 3 January 1973 | 31 December 1977 | |||||
 | Allard K. Lowenstein | Democratic | NY-05 | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1971 | ||
 | Pete McCloskey | Republican | CA-11 | 12 December 1967 | 3 January 1973 | ||
 | Patsy Mink | Democratic | Hawaii | 3 January 1965 | 3 January 1977 | ||
 | Tip O'Neill | Democratic | MA-08 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1987 | ||
 | Henry S. Reuss | Democratic | WI-05 | 3 January 1955 | 3 January 1983 | ||
 | Donald Riegle | Republican | MI-07 | 3 March 1967 | 30 December 1976 | ||
 | James H. Scheuer | Democratic | NY-21 | 3 January 1965 | 3 January 1973 | ||
 | Eugene Siler | Republican | KY-05 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1965 | ||
 | Pete Stark | Democratic | CA-08 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1975 | ||
 | Andrew Young | Democratic | GA-05 | 3 January 1973 | 29 January 1977 | ||
See also
References
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