Senate roll call 43 · 39th Congress · Feb 27, 1866
To adjourn in order to delay vote on a h. C. Resolution not to admit any senator or representative into Congress from states lately in rebellion, until Congress
On Feb 27, 1866, the Senate voted 21–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–15, Democrats 8–0, Others 1–1. 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
- 16
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 27, 1866
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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