Senate roll call 691 · 40th Congress · Feb 27, 1869
To amend H.R. 1744 by striking out the second section, which provides that in any contract hereafter made specifically payable in coin no matter what the consid
On Feb 27, 1869, the Senate voted 7–36 (HR 1744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–35, Democrats 1–1. 6 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
- 7
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 27, 1869
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 35 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- 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
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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