Senate roll call 501 · 40th Congress · Jul 16, 1868
To consider H.R. 768, a bill concerning the rights of american citizens in foreign states, motion made during debate on H.R. 1073 (15 stat 198, 7/27/68), a bill
On Jul 16, 1868, the Senate voted 21–23 (HR 768). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–22, Democrats 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
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