List of congressional opponents of the Vietnam War
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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. | |||
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| Start | End | ||||||
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Frank Church | Democratic | Idaho | 3 January 1957 | 3 January 1981 | [1] | |
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John Sherman Cooper | Republican | Kentucky | 7 November 1956 | 3 January 1973 | [2] | |
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J. William Fulbright | Democratic | Arkansas | 3 January 1945 | 31 December 1974 | [3] | |
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Albert Gore Sr. | Democratic | Tennessee | 3 January 1953 | 3 January 1971 | [4] | |
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Mike Gravel | Democratic | Alaska | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1981 | [5] | |
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Ernest Gruening | Democratic | Alaska | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1969 | [6] | |
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Vance Hartke | Democratic | Indiana | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1977 | [7] | |
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Mark Hatfield | Republican | Oregon | 3 January 1967 | 3 January 1997 | [8] | |
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Jacob Javits | Republican | New York | 3 January 1957 | 3 January 1981 | [9] | |
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Robert F. Kennedy | Democratic | New York | 3 January 1965 | 6 June 1968 | [10] | |
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Mike Mansfield | Democratic | Montana | 3 January 1953 | 3 January 1977 | [11] | |
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Charles Mathias | Republican | Maryland | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1987 | [12] | |
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Eugene McCarthy | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | Minnesota | 3 January 1959 | 3 January 1971 | [13] | |
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George McGovern | Democratic | South Dakota | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1981 | [14] | |
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Wayne Morse | Democratic | Oregon | 3 January 1945 | 3 January 1969 | [15] | |
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William Proxmire | Democratic | Wisconsin | 28 August 1957 | 3 January 1989 | [16] | |
House of Representatives
| Representative | Party (at opposition) | District | Term (at opposition) | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
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Bella Abzug | Democratic | NY-19 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1973 | [17] | |
| NY-20 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1977 | |||||
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Les Aspin | Democratic | WI-01 | 3 January 1971 | 20 January 1993 | [18] | |
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George Brown Jr. | Democratic | CA-29 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1971 | [19] | |
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Phillip Burton | Democratic | CA-05 | 18 February 1964 | 3 January 1975 | [20] | |
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Ron Dellums | Democratic | CA-07 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1975 | [21] | |
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Robert Drinan | Democratic | MA-03 | 3 January 1971 | 3 January 1973 | [22] | |
| MA-04 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1981 | |||||
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Ed Koch | Democratic | NY-17 | 3 January 1969 | 31 December 1973 | [23] | |
| NY-18 | 3 January 1973 | 31 December 1977 | |||||
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Paul Findley | Republican | IL-20 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1973 | [24] | |
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Harold R. Gross | Republican | IA-03 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1975 | [25] | |
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Allard K. Lowenstein | Democratic | NY-05 | 3 January 1969 | 3 January 1971 | [26] | |
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Pete McCloskey | Republican | CA-11 | 12 December 1967 | 3 January 1973 | [27] | |
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Patsy Mink | Democratic | Hawaii | 3 January 1965 | 3 January 1977 | [28] | |
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Tip O'Neill | Democratic | MA-08 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1987 | [29] | |
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Henry S. Reuss | Democratic | WI-05 | 3 January 1955 | 3 January 1983 | [30] | |
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Donald Riegle | Republican | MI-07 | 3 March 1967 | 30 December 1976 | [31] | |
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James H. Scheuer | Democratic | NY-21 | 3 January 1965 | 3 January 1973 | [32] | |
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Eugene Siler | Republican | KY-05 | 3 January 1963 | 3 January 1965 | [33] | |
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Pete Stark | Democratic | CA-08 | 3 January 1973 | 3 January 1975 | [34] | |
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Andrew Young | Democratic | GA-05 | 3 January 1973 | 29 January 1977 | [35] | |