Senate roll call 68 · 39th Congress · Mar 20, 1866
To amend H. R. 122 (14 stat 353, app. Apr. 17, 1866), making appropriations for naval service for fiscal 1867, by appropriating money for permanent location of
On Mar 20, 1866, the Senate voted 5–32 (HR 122). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–23, Democrats 0–7, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 20, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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