Senate roll call 40 · 39th Congress · Feb 23, 1866
To proceed to h. C. Resolution not to admit any senator or representative from disloyal states to Congress, until Congress shall decide that said states (lately
On Feb 23, 1866, the Senate voted 26–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–8, Democrats 0–10, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 26
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 23, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
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