Senate roll call 256 · 39th Congress · Jul 25, 1866
To amend H. R. 737 by fixing the salaries of representatives senators and delegates to Congress to $5000 per annum and mileage at the rate as now provided by la
On Jul 25, 1866, the Senate voted 18–19 (HR 737). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–17, Democrats 5–2, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 20
- Date
- Jul 25, 1866
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- James Guthrie D-KY voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes 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
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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