Senate roll call 314 · 40th Congress · Apr 20, 1868
To amend an amendment to an order relating to filing of arguments, so as to provide that all the managers not delivering oral arguments may file written argume
On Apr 20, 1868, the Senate voted 18–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–28, Democrats 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 20, 1868
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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