Senate roll call 597 · 40th Congress · Jan 27, 1869
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 678 providing for the redemption in coin of the U.S. Notes and fractional currency and requiring national banks to
On Jan 27, 1869, the Senate voted 26–28 (S 678). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–23, Democrats 2–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 26
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 27, 1869
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- 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
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
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