Senate roll call 230 · 40th Congress · Mar 23, 1868
To reconsider the amendment which provides in the nature of a substitute to the filing order that the respondent file answers to the atricles of impeachment on
On Mar 23, 1868, the Senate voted 27–23. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–23, Democrats 9–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 27
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 23, 1868
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- 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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