Senate roll call 227 · 39th Congress · Jul 21, 1866
To amend H. J. RES. 83 by eliminating preamble of the house resolution, which recites that, that state has ratified the constitutional amendment of equal suffra
On Jul 21, 1866, the Senate voted 29–11 (HJR 83). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–10, Democrats 7–0, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 29
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 21, 1866
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
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