Senate roll call 266 · 40th Congress · Apr 4, 1868
To consider a resolution to admit the agent of the associated press on the floor of the house during trial of impeachment. (p. 2237-1)
On Apr 4, 1868, the Senate voted 26–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–13, Democrats 4–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 4, 1868
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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