Senate roll call 300 · 39th Congress · Jan 9, 1867
To amend S. 456, by providing that the constitution for that state shall guarantee the right of suffrage to all male citizens of voting age regardless of race o
On Jan 9, 1867, the Senate voted 15–17 (S 456). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 0–5, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 15
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 9, 1867
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
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
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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.
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