Senate roll call 326 · 40th Congress · May 7, 1868
To postpone the motion to set the date for the vote and to consider articles of impeachment. (p. 409-3)
On May 7, 1868, the Senate voted 15–38. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–29, Democrats 0–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 29 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- 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
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- 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
- 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
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To postpone the motion to set the date for…: Senate Vote, May 7, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-326/to-postpone-the-motion-to-set-the-date-for (accessed 2026-10-17).