Senate roll call 267 · 40th Congress · Apr 6, 1868
To amend bill H.R. 601 by decreasing enlisted men in navy from 8500 to 7500. (p. 249-2)
On Apr 6, 1868, the Senate voted 23–20 (HR 601). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–17, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 23
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 6, 1868
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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