Senate roll call 396 · 39th Congress · Feb 8, 1867
To amend H. R. 896 by providing that the annual salary of the judges of the court of claims shall be $5000 after june 30, 1868. (p. 1089-1)
On Feb 8, 1867, the Senate voted 15–18 (HR 896). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Democrats 1–3, Others 3–0. 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 8, 1867
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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