Senate roll call 534 · 40th Congress · Jul 24, 1868
To go into executive session.
On Jul 24, 1868, the Senate voted 29–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–15, Democrats 4–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 24, 1868
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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