To amend an amendment to H. R. 737 which provides that the compensation of each senator, representative, and delegates be $5,000 each year and mileage as now PR

On Jul 25, 1866, the Senate voted 18–19 (HR 737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–15, Democrats 3–4, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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: 19
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jul 25, 1866

By party

Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
James Guthrie D-KY voted yes
Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted yes
Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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