Senate roll call 178 · 40th Congress · Feb 7, 1868
To pass S. 269. (p. 1036-1, 2)
On Feb 7, 1868, the Senate voted 32–9 (S 269). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–3, Democrats 0–6. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 32
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 269. (p. 1036-1, 2): Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-178/to-pass-s-269-p-1036-1-2 (accessed 2026-10-16).