Senate roll call 136 · 39th Congress · May 29, 1866
To amend H. R. 11 (14 stat 66 app june 15, 1866) facilitating commercial, postal, and military communication among the states, by requiring authority of state f
On May 29, 1866, the Senate voted 24–15 (HR 11). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–15, Democrats 8–0, Others 2–0. 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
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 29, 1866
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 11 (14 stat 66 app june 15…: Senate Vote, May 29, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-136/to-amend-h-r-11-14-stat-66-app (accessed 2026-10-17).