Senate roll call 69 · 41st Congress · Apr 20, 1869
To amend the resolution directiong the President pro-tempare to adjourn the Senate on saturday april 17, 1869, at five o'clock by naming thursday april 22, four
On Apr 20, 1869, the Senate voted 29–27. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–27, Democrats 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 20, 1869
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE 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
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- George Vickers 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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