Senate roll call 672 · 40th Congress · Feb 18, 1869
To postpone action on the resolution determining the question of compensation to senators from the reconstruction states in order to take up H.R. 1738 the india
On Feb 18, 1869, the Senate voted 34–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–11, Democrats 7–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 34
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 18, 1869
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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