Senate roll call 135 · 39th Congress · May 29, 1866
To amend H. J. RES. 127, granting negro suffrage through constitutional amendment, by eliminating from the third section a provision which would exclude, until
On May 29, 1866, the Senate voted 43–0 (HJR 127). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–0, Democrats 8–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 29, 1866
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- 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
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
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