Senate roll call 132 · 39th Congress · May 17, 1866
To amend H. R. 37 (14 stat 58 app june 8, 1866) making appropriations for military academy for fiscal 1867, by forbidding appointments to military academy to be
On May 17, 1866, the Senate voted 14–23 (HR 37). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–17, Democrats 0–5, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 17, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy 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
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 37 (14 stat 58 app june 8…: Senate Vote, May 17, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-132/to-amend-h-r-37-14-stat-58-app (accessed 2026-10-17).