Senate roll call 629 · 40th Congress · Feb 9, 1869
To amend H.J.RES. 402 by striking all after the enacting clause, and inserting instead language extending the right to vote to all citizens, and providing penal
On Feb 9, 1869, the Senate voted 9–46 (HJR 402). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–39, Democrats 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 39 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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