Senate roll call 565 · 40th Congress · Dec 16, 1868
To consider S. 666, providing that all workmen employed by the U.S. Shall be paid for a day's labor as if they had had worked 10 hours. (p. 100-3)
On Dec 16, 1868, the Senate voted 22–28 (S 666). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–26, Democrats 6–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 16, 1868
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- 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
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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