Senate roll call 575 · 40th Congress · Jan 19, 1869
To tabel the nomination of henry a. Smythe to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to austria.
On Jan 19, 1869, the Senate voted 15–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–29, Democrats 1–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 19, 1869
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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