Senate roll call 500 · 40th Congress · Jul 15, 1868
To amend H.R. 939 (15 stat 229, 7/27-68), a bill to provide for an american line of mail and emigrant passenger steamships between new york and one or more eurp
On Jul 15, 1868, the Senate voted 20–17 (HR 939). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–17, Democrats 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 20
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 15, 1868
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 17 no · 25 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
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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