Senate roll call 226 · 40th Congress · Mar 21, 1868
To amend H.R. 658, by providing for the reduction of the army to 30,000 men under the direction of the President. (p. 2037)
On Mar 21, 1868, the Senate voted 11–27 (HR 658). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–27, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 11
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 21, 1868
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 27 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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