Senate roll call 564 · 40th Congress · Dec 14, 1868
To agree to the house concurrent resolution fixing as the the day for adjournment, monday, dec. 21st, till tuesday jan. 5, 1869. (p. 68-2)
On Dec 14, 1868, the Senate voted 35–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–18, Democrats 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 35
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 14, 1868
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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