Senate roll call 471 · 40th Congress · Jul 8, 1868
To amend H.J.RES. 201 (15 stat 258, 7/20/68), a bill to build a bridge from rock island to iowa, by providing that if the rock island and pacific railroad compa
On Jul 8, 1868, the Senate voted 12–24 (HJR 201). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 2–2. 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
- 12
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 8, 1868
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
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
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross 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
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- 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
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.J.RES. 201 (15 stat 258…: Senate Vote, Jul 8, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-471/to-amend-h-j-res-201-15-stat-258 (accessed 2026-10-17).