Senate roll call 318 · 40th Congress · Apr 25, 1868
To postpone indefinitely an order that after the argument shall be concluded and when the doors shall be closed for deliberation upon the final question, the of
On Apr 25, 1868, the Senate voted 20–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–19, Democrats 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 4 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- 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
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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