Senate roll call 407 · 39th Congress · Feb 12, 1867
To consider H. R. 344, a bill incorporating the niagara ship canal company. (p. 1192-2)
On Feb 12, 1867, the Senate voted 14–25 (HR 344). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–16, Democrats 0–6, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 12, 1867
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 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
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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