Senate roll call 236 · 40th Congress · Mar 24, 1868
To adopt an order that the further consideration of the respondents application for time be postponed until the managers have opened their case and submitted TH
On Mar 24, 1868, the Senate voted 9–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–34, Democrats 1–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 24, 1868
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 34 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- 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
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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