Senate roll call 179 · 40th Congress · Feb 12, 1868
To consent to the nomination of noah l. Jefferies as register of the treasury.
On Feb 12, 1868, the Senate voted 24–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–18, Democrats 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 24
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 12, 1868
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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