Senate roll call 528 · 40th Congress · Jul 23, 1868
To amend H.R. 768 by proposing that when an american citizen is arrested or unlawfully detained by any foreign government and said government refuses to comply
On Jul 23, 1868, the Senate voted 23–19 (HR 768). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–16, Democrats 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 23, 1868
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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