Senate roll call 466 · 40th Congress · Jul 6, 1868
To amend the amendment of committee on finance to H.R. 1284 (15 stat 125, 7/28/68), an act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco. The amendment relat
On Jul 6, 1868, the Senate voted 11–24 (HR 1284). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–22, Democrats 3–2. 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
- 11
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 6, 1868
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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