To agree to the resolution that the Senate chamber be set apart for a lecture by rev. Newman hall on the evening of tuesday the 26th of november. (p. 780-3)

On Nov 25, 1867, the Senate voted 10–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 10
No: 27
Did not vote: 32
Date: Nov 25, 1867

By party

Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the resolution that the Senate…: Senate Vote, Nov 25, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-134/to-agree-to-the-resolution-that-the-senate-chamber (accessed 2026-10-17).