Senate roll call 243 · 40th Congress · Mar 26, 1868
To amend the treaty with the king of prussia; by prohibiting anything in the treaty from being construed as impairing the rights of such soldiers heretofore dis
On Mar 26, 1868, the Senate voted 16–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–27, Democrats 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 16
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 26, 1868
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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