Senate roll call 114 · 39th Congress · Apr 30, 1866
To amend an amendment to S. 236 (14 stat .l 221, app july 25 1866), a bill authorizing the construction of bridges across the mississippi river, which specifies
On Apr 30, 1866, the Senate voted 7–21 (S 236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–18, Democrats 2–2, Others 0–1. 5 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
- 7
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 30, 1866
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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