Senate roll call 36 · 40th Congress · Mar 23, 1867
To amend the resolution providing that Congress adjourn on march 26, until the first monday in december, by substituting that the respective houses adjourn on t
On Mar 23, 1867, the Senate voted 29–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–17, Democrats 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 29
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 23, 1867
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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