Senate roll call 239 · 39th Congress · Jul 23, 1866
To amend H. R. 737, by providing for the payment of claims for enlistment of slaves, by further providing that no money be paid under the foregoing provisions,
On Jul 23, 1866, the Senate voted 18–13 (HR 737). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–5, Democrats 0–6, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 18
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 23, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 5 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 737, by providing for the…: Senate Vote, Jul 23, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-239/to-amend-h-r-737-by-providing-for-the (accessed 2026-10-17).