Date: 1968-10-01
Result:
45-43
Vote Subject Matter:
Government Management
/ Government Organization
Sponsor: MANSFIELD, Michael Joseph (Mike) (D-MT)
Description: TO CLOSE DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO CONSIDER THE NOMINATION OF ABE FORTAS TO BE CHIEF-JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES. (TWO-THIRDS OF SENATORS PRESENT AND VOTING NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE MOTION FAILED.)
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 114-161, p. S11688;
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