Senate roll call 77 · 39th Congress · Mar 26, 1866
To refer a resolution to the judiciary committee. The resolution is that the vote of MR. Stockton be not received in determining the question of his seat in TH
On Mar 26, 1866, the Senate voted 18–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–21, Democrats 9–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 26, 1866
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard Yates 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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