Senate roll call 383 · 40th Congress · Jun 2, 1868
To consider H.R. 595 (15 stat 83), a bill providing for the continuation of the bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees and for other purposes. (p. 2769
On Jun 2, 1868, the Senate voted 29–8 (HR 595). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–1, Democrats 0–7. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 29
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 2, 1868
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 1 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consider H.R. 595 (15 stat 83), a bill…: Senate Vote, Jun 2, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-383/to-consider-h-r-595-15-stat-83-a (accessed 2026-10-16).