Senate roll call 201 · 39th Congress · Jul 11, 1866
To pass S. 280, a bill retroceding alexandria county to virginia. (p. 3735-1, 2)
On Jul 11, 1866, the Senate voted 13–17 (S 280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 0–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 11, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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