Senate roll call 497 · 39th Congress · Mar 2, 1867
To amend H. R. 859 by providing that no civil court shall have or take jurisdiction of any civil action suit or proceeding founded upon any acts of the military
On Mar 2, 1867, the Senate voted 9–29 (HR 859). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–26, Democrats 7–0, Others 0–3. 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 2, 1867
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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