How many members of Congress voted against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

The 1964 resolution that gave President Johnson the right to use extensive military force in southeast Asia was approved by all of the House of Representatives and all but two members of the Senate.

The two dissenting senators were Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska.

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