Senate roll call 589 · 40th Congress · Jan 23, 1869
To postpone consideration S. 554 to promote commerce among the states and to cheapen the transportation of the mails and military and naval stores. (p. 545-1)
On Jan 23, 1869, the Senate voted 33–16 (S 554). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–16, Democrats 8–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 33
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 23, 1869
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- John Conness R-CA
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell 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 Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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