Senate roll call 300 · 40th Congress · Apr 17, 1868
To amend a Senate order, so that the Senate will meet daily at 10 a.m. Instead of 11 a.m. (p. 209-3)
On Apr 17, 1868, the Senate voted 13–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–24, Democrats 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 17, 1868
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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