Senate roll call 217 · 40th Congress · Mar 18, 1868
To amend H.R. 900 by allowing a drawback equal in amount to import duty paid on all lumber, hemp, copper, and certain iron which products shall be used in const
On Mar 18, 1868, the Senate voted 18–25 (HR 900). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–24, Democrats 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 18, 1868
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle 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
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 900 by allowing a drawback…: Senate Vote, Mar 18, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-217/to-amend-h-r-900-by-allowing-a-drawback (accessed 2026-10-17).