Senate roll call 554 · 40th Congress · Jul 25, 1868
To amend the resolution authorizing the secretary of the Senate to pay the senators from arkansas, florida, north carolina, south carolina and louisiana the com
On Jul 25, 1868, the Senate voted 25–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–20, Democrats 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 25
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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