To refer to the committee on pensions S 19, a bill providing for a pension of $5,000 per annum to mary lincoln, wife of the late President abraham lincoln. (p.

On Mar 8, 1869, the Senate voted 31–27 (S 19). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–24, Democrats 5–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 members voted against their own party.

During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 31
No: 27
Did not vote: 22
Date: Mar 8, 1869

By party

Republicans26 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Willard Warner R-AL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
Eugene Casserly D-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
James Harlan R-IA voted no
Richard Yates R-IL voted no
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN voted no
Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
John Pool R-NC voted no
Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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