Senate roll call 126 · 39th Congress · May 16, 1866
To amend H. R. 261 (14 stat 244, app july 25, 1866), a bill making consular and diplomatic appropriations for fiscal 1867, by giving same compensation to envoy
On May 16, 1866, the Senate voted 14–18 (HR 261). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 1–5, 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
- 14
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 16, 1866
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey 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
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- 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
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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