To amend the amendment to bill H.R. 33 (15 stat l 2), an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel states and to facilitate restoration, so

On Mar 14, 1867, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 33). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–22, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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: 17
No: 27
Did not vote: 25
Date: Mar 14, 1867

By party

Republicans17 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
James Harlan R-IA voted yes
Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the amendment to bill H.R. 33 (15…: Senate Vote, Mar 14, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-7/to-amend-the-amendment-to-bill-h-r-33 (accessed 2026-10-16).