Senate roll call 187 · 40th Congress · Feb 28, 1868
To amend H.J.RES. 19 by eliminating all after the enacting clause and inserting that all money collected for sale of captured or abandoned property be paid into
On Feb 28, 1868, the Senate voted 23–13 (HJR 19). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–14, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 23
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 28, 1868
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 14 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
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 Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- 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
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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