Senate roll call 53 · 41st Congress · Apr 9, 1869
To amend H. R. 124 (16 stat 44, app may 10, 1869), a bill declaring and fixing status of army judge advocates, by reducing the army judge advocates from ten to
On Apr 9, 1869, the Senate voted 30–16 (HR 124). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–16, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 30
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 16 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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