Senate roll call 487 · 39th Congress · Mar 2, 1867
Confirmation of nomination of george a. Custer to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant- colonel of the seventh regiment, United States cavalry, july 28, 1866,
On Mar 2, 1867, the Senate voted 20–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–11, Democrats 2–4, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 20
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 2, 1867
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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