Senate roll call 488 · 40th Congress · Jul 11, 1868
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the nomination of william m. Everts as attorney general of the United States.
On Jul 11, 1868, the Senate voted 10–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–22, Democrats 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 11, 1868
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- George Vickers D-MD
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- 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
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- 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
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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