Senate roll call 133 · 39th Congress · May 23, 1866
To amend S. 263 authorizing winona and ST peter's railroad company to construct a bridge over mississippi river, by requiring decision of states of wisconsin an
On May 23, 1866, the Senate voted 17–18 (HR 263). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 0–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 23, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Sprague 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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