Senate roll call 430 · 39th Congress · Feb 16, 1867
To amend H. R. 1143 by eliminating the preamble which recites that the pretended governments of the late so called states of virginia, north carolina, south car
On Feb 16, 1867, the Senate voted 9–27 (HR 1143). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–26, Democrats 6–0, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 9
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 16, 1867
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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