Senate roll call 574 · 40th Congress · Jan 18, 1869
To amend H.R. 1460 (15 stat 274), a bill regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores so as to establish a 3 cent per LB. Duty on copper ore contain
On Jan 18, 1869, the Senate voted 20–27 (HR 1460). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–25, Democrats 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 18, 1869
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1460 (15 stat 274), a bill…: Senate Vote, Jan 18, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-574/to-amend-h-r-1460-15-stat-274-a (accessed 2026-10-17).