1964authorizationPassed

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Conflict: Vietnam War

🏛️ House of Representatives

416-0

Yea: 416Nay: 0

🏛️ Senate

88-2

Yea: 88Nay: 2

📝 Details

Based on a fabricated attack. Only Wayne Morse (D-OR) and Ernest Gruening (D-AK) voted no. Led to 58,220 American deaths. Repealed in 1971.