Senate roll call 14 · 39th Congress · Jan 22, 1866
To amend S. 60, the bill to enlarge the powers of the freedmen's bureau, by providing that the bureau shall extend to all parts of United States as have been la
On Jan 22, 1866, the Senate voted 11–33 (S 60). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–31, Democrats 10–0, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 11
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 22, 1866
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 31 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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