Senate roll call 9 · 40th Congress · Mar 15, 1867
To amend the amendment of the committee on the judiciary to bill H.R. 33, so as to provide that no convention should be held in the rebel states for the purpose
On Mar 15, 1867, the Senate voted 14–32 (HR 33). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–30, Democrats 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 14
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 15, 1867
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 30 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey 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
- 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
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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