Senate roll call 121 · 39th Congress · May 11, 1866
To amend H. R. 280 (14 stat l. 48, app may 18, 1866), making appropriations for the post office department for the fiscal 1867, by providing that no person perf
On May 11, 1866, the Senate voted 16–23 (HR 280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–14, Democrats 0–8, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 11, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- 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
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- 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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