Senate roll call 176 · 40th Congress · Feb 7, 1868
To amend an amendment to S. 269 by adding an additional section which authorizes the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint indian age
On Feb 7, 1868, the Senate voted 31–8 (S 269). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–7, Democrats 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 31
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
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