Senate roll call 11 · 39th Congress · Dec 20, 1865
To recede from amendment to a motion regarding adjournment over the holidays, and accept the resolution as it originally came from the house. (. 77-3)
On Dec 20, 1865, the Senate voted 19–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–21, Democrats 5–5, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Dec 20, 1865
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- James Guthrie D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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