You'll also notice that anyone trying to get ahead, will ignore the 1st 3. Women's right to vote was initiated and then finally passed when republicans finally won enough seats to over-ride Woodrow Wilson's veto. six Senate Republicans to vote against the bill in 1964, while 21 Senate Democrats opposed it. It passed by an overall vote of 73-27. In the House, 96 Democrats and 34 Republicans voted against the Civil Rights Act, passing with an overall 290-130 vote.