Senate roll call 312 · 40th Congress · Apr 20, 1868
To table the order relating to the filing and answering of oral and written arguments. (p. 249-2)
On Apr 20, 1868, the Senate voted 13–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–31, Democrats 2–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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