Senate roll call 365 · 40th Congress · May 29, 1868
To amend the amendment to resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of hohn m. Schofield to be secretary of war, so that the amendment wo
On May 29, 1868, the Senate voted 19–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–15, Democrats 0–6. 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
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 29, 1868
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague 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
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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