To modify rule 1i so that the Senate, unless otherwise ordered, sit upon the trial at 11 a.m. Daily with a recess of 30 minutes convening at 3. P.m. (p. 175-2)

On Apr 14, 1868, the Senate voted 24–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–17, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 24
No: 26
Did not vote: 19
Date: Apr 14, 1868

By party

Republicans24 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Dixon R-CT voted no
James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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