Senate roll call 652 · 40th Congress · Feb 17, 1869
To recede from its amendments to H.J.RES. 402, proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (p. 1294)
On Feb 17, 1869, the Senate voted 33–24 (HJR 402). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–15, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 33
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 17, 1869
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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