Senate roll call 492 · 39th Congress · Mar 2, 1867
To postpone all prior order for the purpose of proceeding to consideration of a report from a committee of conference on H. R. 793, a bill to provide increased
On Mar 2, 1867, the Senate voted 13–27 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–21, Democrats 3–2, Others 0–4. 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
- 13
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 2, 1867
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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