Senate roll call 486 · 39th Congress · Mar 1, 1867
To reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill H. R. 276 (14 stat l 434, app mar. 2, 1867), establishing a department of education for United States. (p. 19
On Mar 1, 1867, the Senate voted 7–28 (HR 276). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–27, Democrats 5–1, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 7
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 1, 1867
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 27 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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