Senate roll call 360 · 40th Congress · May 26, 1868
To determine the guilt of the President of the United States under the third article.
On May 26, 1868, the Senate voted 35–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–10, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 35
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 26, 1868
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 10 no · 12 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle 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
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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