Senate roll call 324 · 40th Congress · May 6, 1868
To table motion relating to the closing of the doors. (p. 407-3)
On May 6, 1868, the Senate voted 28–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–11, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 28
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 6, 1868
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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