Senate roll call 474 · 40th Congress · Jul 8, 1868
To adjourn, motion made during discussion of H.R. 1284.
On Jul 8, 1868, the Senate voted 18–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–16, Democrats 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 8, 1868
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 16 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE 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
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
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