Senate roll call 410 · 40th Congress · Jun 16, 1868
To amend an act to relieve from political disabilities certain persons in states lately in rebellion with an amendment, by providing for the removal of all lega
On Jun 16, 1868, the Senate voted 12–23 (HR 1059). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–23, Democrats 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 12
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye 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
- 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
- James Dixon 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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