Senate roll call 23 · 39th Congress · Jan 24, 1866
To amend S. 60, so as to empower the President to execute the constitution and laws enacted under it, for the protection and benefit of freedmen and refugees an
On Jan 24, 1866, the Senate voted 8–32 (S 60). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–30, Democrats 8–0, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 24, 1866
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 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
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-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
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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