Senate roll call 477 · 39th Congress · Mar 1, 1867
To amend H. R. 1161, by providing that in a criminal proceeding for violation of this act, no person shall be subject to a fine, penalty, forfeiture or disabili
On Mar 1, 1867, the Senate voted 8–26 (HR 1161). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–25, Democrats 5–0, 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
- 8
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 1, 1867
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- 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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