Senate roll call 439 · 40th Congress · Jun 26, 1868
To amend H.R. 605 by eliminating the pproposed salary increase for the solicitor. (p. 3517-2)
On Jun 26, 1868, the Senate voted 19–22 (HR 605). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–18, Democrats 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 26, 1868
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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 Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-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
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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