Senate roll call 434 · 40th Congress · Jun 25, 1868
To amend H.R. 605 so as to prevent the discharge of temporary clerks presently employed, authorize their classification by secretary of treasury and make approp
On Jun 25, 1868, the Senate voted 27–14 (HR 605). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–12, Democrats 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- 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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