Senate roll call 12 · 40th Congress · Mar 16, 1867
To amend amendment of the committee on the judiciary to H.R. 33. The amended amendment provides for ratification of the new constitution of rebel states by a m
On Mar 16, 1867, the Senate voted 19–25 (HR 33). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–20, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 16, 1867
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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