Senate roll call 138 · 40th Congress · Dec 5, 1867
To amend a resolution to print the President's message and other documents, by limiting the printing to the reports of the heads of the departments, excluding t
On Dec 5, 1867, the Senate voted 9–36. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–31, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 5, 1867
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 31 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a resolution to print the…: Senate Vote, Dec 5, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-138/to-amend-a-resolution-to-print-the-presidents-message (accessed 2026-10-17).