Senate roll call 203 · 40th Congress · Mar 7, 1868
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of H.R. 718, (15 stat 56, app 3/30/68), a bill making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of TH
On Mar 7, 1868, the Senate voted 7–17. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–14, Democrats 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 7
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 14 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
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