Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a 1964 U.S. congressional measure that effectively authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to escalate American military involvement in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.

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instanceOf United States federal joint resolution ⓘ
legal authorization for use of military force ⓘ
appliesTo Southeast Asia ⓘ
authorized escalation of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia ⓘ
congressNumber 88th United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalIssue separation of powers between Congress and the President ⓘ
contributedTo major escalation of U.S. ground forces in Vietnam ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1964-08-10 ⓘ
datePassedHouse 1964-08-07 ⓘ
datePassedSenate 1964-08-07 ⓘ
dateRepealed 1971-01-12 ⓘ
formalTitle Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked de facto U.S. entry into large-scale combat in Vietnam ⓘ
influenced War Powers Resolution of 1973 ⓘ
introducedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
languageIncluded authorization to prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia ⓘ
authorization to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States ⓘ
laterCriticizedFor being based on incomplete and misleading information ⓘ
expansion of presidential war powers ⓘ
legalEffect allowed military action without formal declaration of war ⓘ
delegated broad war powers to the President of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfLegislation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
motivatedBy alleged attacks on U.S. naval vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
policyArea foreign policy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
war powers ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 88-408 ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
relatedEvent Gulf of Tonkin incident ⓘ
repealedBy United States Congress ⓘ
repealRelatedTo growing opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
shortName Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
sponsorHouse Thomas P. Morgan ⓘ
sponsorSenate Everett Dirksen ⓘ
Mike Mansfield ⓘ
voteHouseAgainst 0 ⓘ
voteHouseFor 416 ⓘ
voteSenateAgainst 2 ⓘ
voteSenateFor 88 ⓘ
year 1964 ⓘ

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Gulf of Tonkin → triggered → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
USS Maddox (DD-731) → usedAsJustificationFor → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution → shortName → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Operation Pierce Arrow → relatedTo → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Wayne Morse → votedAgainst → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Ernest Gruening → votedAgainst → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia → hasAlias → Tonkin Gulf Resolution ⓘ
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Public Law 88-408 → hasFormalName → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Public Law 88-408 → hasShortTitle → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Public Law 88-408 → repealedBy → Joint Resolution terminating the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Americanization of the Vietnam War → legalBasis → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ
Thomas P. Morgan → notableEvent → Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ⓘ