Senate roll call 238 · 40th Congress · Mar 25, 1868
To amend the treaty between the United States and his majesty, the king of prussia, regulating the citizenship of those persons who emigrate from the north germ
On Mar 25, 1868, the Senate voted 8–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–20, Democrats 2–1. 6 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
- 8
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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