Senate roll call 457 · 40th Congress · Jul 1, 1868
To consider H.R. 780 (15 stat 375app 7/3-68), a bill dealing with the claim of martha m. Jones, administratrix of samuel t. Jones deceased. (p. 3446-2)
On Jul 1, 1868, the Senate voted 28–4 (HR 780). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–4, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 28
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jul 1, 1868
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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