Senate roll call 130 · 39th Congress · May 17, 1866
To amend H. R. 261, by eliminating provision authorizing the President to appoint with the consent of the Senate, a solicitor to the department of state at a sa
On May 17, 1866, the Senate voted 21–13 (HR 261). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 5–0, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 21
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 17, 1866
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 16 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
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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