Senate roll call 157 · 39th Congress · Jun 14, 1866
To amend S. 269 (app july 25, 1866) defining numbering and regulating appointment of naval officers, by requiring authorized increases in grades to be made by s
On Jun 14, 1866, the Senate voted 13–18 (S 269). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 3–2, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 13
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 14, 1866
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- James Guthrie D-KY voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark 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 Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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