Senate roll call 56 · 41st Congress · Apr 9, 1869
To amend H. R. 4, by providing for payment of vessels which were in insurrectionary districts by proper authority, namely charter, contract, or impressment lawf
On Apr 9, 1869, the Senate voted 21–27 (HR 4). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–25, Democrats 1–2. 20 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
- 21
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- 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
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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