Senate roll call 535 · 40th Congress · Jul 24, 1868
To go into executive session. (p. 4405-2)
On Jul 24, 1868, the Senate voted 15–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–25, Democrats 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 15
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 24, 1868
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session. (p. 4405-2): Senate Vote, Jul 24, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-535/to-go-into-executive-session-p-4405-2 (accessed 2026-10-16).