Senate roll call 344 · 40th Congress · May 18, 1868
To refer to the committee on public lands H.J.RES. 91, (15 stat 252, app 5/25/68), a bill prividing that lands granted to railroad companies in the state of mic
On May 18, 1868, the Senate voted 9–26 (HJR 91). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–21, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 18, 1868
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To refer to the committee on public lands…: Senate Vote, May 18, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-344/to-refer-to-the-committee-on-public-lands-h (accessed 2026-10-17).