Senate roll call 252 · 40th Congress · Mar 31, 1868
To amend in the nature of a substitute for the resolution amending Senate rule 7 by stating that the chief justice of United States, presiding in the Senate at
On Mar 31, 1868, the Senate voted 20–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–21, Democrats 0–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 31, 1868
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
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