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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1193781" data-attributes="member: 40736">Final votes, Civil Rights Act of 1964:By party and region&nbsp;Note: &quot;Southern&quot;, as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" target="_blank">Confederate States of America</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" target="_blank">American Civil War</a>. &quot;Northern&quot; refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states.&nbsp;The original House version:&nbsp;<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Southern Democrats: 7–87&nbsp;&nbsp; (7–93%) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Southern Republicans: 0–10&nbsp;&nbsp; (0–100%) </li>
</ul><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Northern Democrats: 145–9&nbsp;&nbsp; (94–6%) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Northern Republicans: 138–24&nbsp;&nbsp; (85–15%) </li>
</ul>The Senate version:&nbsp;<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Southern Democrats: 1–20&nbsp;&nbsp; (5–95%) (only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Yarborough" target="_blank">Ralph Yarborough</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" target="_blank">Texas</a> voted in favor) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Southern Republicans: 0–1&nbsp;&nbsp; (0–100%) (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tower" target="_blank">John Tower</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" target="_blank">Texas</a>) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Northern Democrats: 45–1&nbsp;&nbsp; (98–2%) (only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd" target="_blank">Robert Byrd</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia" target="_blank">West Virginia</a> voted against) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Northern Republicans: 27–5&nbsp;&nbsp; (84–16%) </li>
</ul></blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1193781, member: 40736"] Final votes, Civil Rights Act of 1964: [B]By party and region[/B] [B]Note:[/B] "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America"]Confederate States of America[/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War"]American Civil War[/URL]. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states. The original House version: [LIST] [*]Southern Democrats: 7–87 (7–93%) [*]Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%) [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%) [*]Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%) [/LIST] The Senate version: [LIST] [*]Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Yarborough"]Ralph Yarborough[/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas"]Texas[/URL] voted in favor) [*]Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tower"]John Tower[/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas"]Texas[/URL]) [*]Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd"]Robert Byrd[/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia"]West Virginia[/URL] voted against) [*]Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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