Senate roll call 605 · 40th Congress · Feb 1, 1869
To amend S.J.RES. 204 providing for alterations in the department of the interior, by authorizing removal from the storage and exhibition floor such models as h
On Feb 1, 1869, the Senate voted 25–18 (SJR 204). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–12, Democrats 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 25
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 1, 1869
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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