Senate roll call 119 · 39th Congress · May 8, 1866
To reconsider vote rejecting the resolution granting MRS. Walling use of senage chamber for a lecture, but stating thereafter to be used only for the Senate pur
On May 8, 1866, the Senate voted 19–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–8, Democrats 4–2, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 8, 1866
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark 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
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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