Senate roll call 284 · 39th Congress · Dec 5, 1866
To consider H. R. 828 (14 stat l 377, app. Jan 21, 1867), an act to repeal section 13 of an act to suppress insurrection to punish treason and rebellion and to
On Dec 5, 1866, the Senate voted 21–21 (HR 828). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–12, Democrats 0–7, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 21
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Dec 5, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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