Senate roll call 219 · 40th Congress · Mar 19, 1868
To amend H.R. 900, so as to repeal the manufacturing tax on sugar. (p. 1978-3, 1913-1)
On Mar 19, 1868, the Senate voted 21–24 (HR 900). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–23, Democrats 7–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 21
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 19, 1868
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 23 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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