Senate roll call 508 · 40th Congress · Jul 17, 1868
To amend H.R. 1341 by proposing to insert "for the repair, preservation, extension, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors to be expended
On Jul 17, 1868, the Senate voted 29–7 (HR 1341). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–6, Democrats 0–1. 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
- 29
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 17, 1868
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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