Senate roll call 555 · 40th Congress · Jul 25, 1868
To go into executive session. (p. 4462-1)
On Jul 25, 1868, the Senate voted 23–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–14, Democrats 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 25, 1868
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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