Senate roll call 153 · 40th Congress · Jan 7, 1868
To pass H.R. 207. (p. 358-1)
On Jan 7, 1868, the Senate voted 26–12 (HR 207). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–12, Democrats 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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