Senate roll call 79 · 40th Congress · Apr 13, 1867
To appoint surgeon eugene h. Abadie U.S. Army to assistant medical purveyor in the army with the rank of lieutenantcolonel. No quorum voting.
On Apr 13, 1867, the Senate voted 12–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–10, Democrats 3–0. 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
- 12
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Apr 13, 1867
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 10 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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