Senate roll call 198 · 40th Congress · Mar 2, 1868
To amend the report relating to the impeachment of andrew johnson President of the United States by changing rule 25 to read "that in the event of failure of se
On Mar 2, 1868, the Senate voted 16–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 3–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 2, 1868
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
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