Senate roll call 115 · 39th Congress · May 1, 1866
To go into executive session during debate, H. R. 280 (14 stat l. 48, app may 18, 1866), making appropriations for post office department for fiscal 1867. (p.
On May 1, 1866, the Senate voted 22–13 (HR 280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 5–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 1, 1866
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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