Senate roll call 261 · 40th Congress · Apr 3, 1868
To adjourn the proceedings until monday, 12 o'clock.
On Apr 3, 1868, the Senate voted 19–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–28, Democrats 8–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 19
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 3, 1868
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 28 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake 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
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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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