Senate roll call 353 · 40th Congress · May 25, 1868
To pass H.J.RES. 218 (15 stat 430 , app 6/17/68), a bill to compensate john m. Palmer for a claim rising out of a government contract. (p. 2568-3)
On May 25, 1868, the Senate voted 22–7 (HJR 218). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–6, Democrats 1–1. 6 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
- 22
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 6 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.J.RES. 218 (15 stat 430 , app…: Senate Vote, May 25, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-353/to-pass-h-j-res-218-15-stat-430 (accessed 2026-10-17).