Senate roll call 467 · 40th Congress · Jul 7, 1868
To amend by authorizing the repeal of all present taxs on illuminating and mineral oils and on the product of the distillation or refining of crude petroleum or
On Jul 7, 1868, the Senate voted 15–17 (HR 1284). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 3–1. 12 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
- 15
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jul 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- George Vickers D-MD
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- 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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