Senate roll call 291 · 40th Congress · Apr 14, 1868
To substitute for an order pending, a provision amending the 21st rule so allow as many managers and counsel so speak in final argument as chose to do so; that
On Apr 14, 1868, the Senate voted 19–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–22, Democrats 3–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 22 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
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