Senate roll call 430 · 40th Congress · Jun 24, 1868
To defer briefly consideration of H.R. 365 (15 stat 77, 6/25/68), a bill prroviding for an eight hour work day for all laborers, workmen and mechanics employed
On Jun 24, 1868, the Senate voted 24–15 (HR 365). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–14, Democrats 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 24, 1868
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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