Senate roll call 158 · 39th Congress · Jun 15, 1866
To pass S. 269 a bill defining number and regulates appointment of naval officers, by creating rank of admiral for vice- admiral farragut. (p. 3154-3)
On Jun 15, 1866, the Senate voted 18–11 (S 269). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 1–3. 8 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
- 18
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 15, 1866
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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