Senate roll call 12 · 41st Congress · Mar 20, 1869
To postpone indefinitely H. R. 124 (16 stat 44, app apr. 4, 1869), a bill declaring and fixing the status of judge advocates of the army. (p. 175-1)
On Mar 20, 1869, the Senate voted 29–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–17, Democrats 7–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 29
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 20, 1869
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 17 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Carl Schurz R-MO voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Sprague R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Did not vote
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
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