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) Start End Frank Church Democratic Idaho John Sherman Cooper Republican Kentucky J. William Fulbright Democratic Arkansas Albert Gore Sr. Democratic Tennessee Mike Gravel Democratic Alaska Ernest Gruening Democratic Alaska Vance Hartke Democratic Indiana Mark Hatfield Republican Oregon Jacob Javits Republican New York Robert F. Kennedy Democratic New York Mike Mansfield Democratic Montana Charles Mathias Republican Maryland Eugene McCarthy Democratic-Farmer-Labor Minnesota George McGovern Democratic South Dakota Wayne Morse Democratic Oregon William Proxmire Democratic Wisconsin
House of Representatives Representative Party (at opposition) District Term (at opposition) Start End Bella Abzug Democratic NY-19 NY-20 Les Aspin Democratic WI-01 George Brown Jr. Democratic CA-29 Phillip Burton Democratic CA-05 Ron Dellums Democratic CA-07 Robert Drinan Democratic MA-03 MA-04 Ed Koch Democratic NY-17 NY-18 Paul Findley Republican IL-20 Harold R. Gross Republican IA-03 Bill Kauffman, "The Eternal Flamethrower," The American Enterprise, 1999-11. Allard K. Lowenstein Democratic NY-05 Pete McCloskey Republican CA-11 Patsy Mink Democratic Hawaii Tip O'Neill Democratic MA-08 Henry S. Reuss Democratic WI-05 Donald Riegle Republican MI-07 James H. Scheuer Democratic NY-21 Eugene Siler Republican KY-05 Pete Stark Democratic CA-08 Andrew Young Democratic GA-05
See also Opposition to the Vietnam War
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