Senate roll call 180 · 39th Congress · Jun 28, 1866
To amend S. 257, a bill regulating and extending preemption rights to mineral lands, by eliminating sections taxing net products of mines three percent; chargin
On Jun 28, 1866, the Senate voted 10–21 (S 257). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–16, Democrats 3–3, Others 0–2. 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
- 10
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 28, 1866
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- James Guthrie D-KY voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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