Senate roll call 601 · 40th Congress · Jan 30, 1869
To reconsider the vote by which a house concurrent resolution authorizing the use of certain rooms of the capitol for informal inauguration proceedings on march
On Jan 30, 1869, the Senate voted 21–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–24, Democrats 1–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 30, 1869
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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