Senate roll call 188 · 40th Congress · Feb 29, 1868
To recommit to the special committee the report relating to the impeachment of andrew johnson, President of the United States in regard to rules of procedure an
On Feb 29, 1868, the Senate voted 2–39. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–36, Democrats 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 2 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
- 2
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 29, 1868
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 36 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- 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
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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Guthrie 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
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
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