Senate roll call 476 · 40th Congress · Jul 9, 1868
To amend H.R. 1284 by making the tax on distilled spirits 90 cents per gallon. (p. 3860-3)
On Jul 9, 1868, the Senate voted 15–23 (HR 1284). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–19, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 9, 1868
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers 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
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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