Senate roll call 440 · 40th Congress · Jun 26, 1868
To amend H.R. 605 by eliminating proposed increase in salary of the register. (p. 3512-3, 3517-2)
On Jun 26, 1868, the Senate voted 19–21 (HR 605). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–18, Democrats 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 26, 1868
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Milton Thayer 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 Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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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