Senate roll call 122 · 39th Congress · May 15, 1866
To pass an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the original resolution, H. J. RES. 116 (14 stat l. 357, app. May 26, 1866), to prevent the introduction
On May 15, 1866, the Senate voted 17–19 (HJR 116). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 1–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 15, 1866
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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