Senate roll call 593 · 40th Congress · Jan 27, 1869
To amend the bill S. 256 so as to strike out all of the said bill after the enacting clause and to insert "that nothing contained in the act of Congress approve
On Jan 27, 1869, the Senate voted 23–29 (S 256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–26, Democrats 4–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 23
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 27, 1869
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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