Senate roll call 620 · 40th Congress · Feb 8, 1869
To amend H.J.RES. 402 by giving citizens of african descent the same right to vote and hold office in states and territories as other citizens, who are electors
On Feb 8, 1869, the Senate voted 16–35 (HJR 402). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–28, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 16
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 8, 1869
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 28 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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