Senate roll call 270 · 39th Congress · Jul 27, 1866
To amend S. 447, by providing that no person shall be denied the right of suffrage because of race or color, that assent to such condition shall be given at an
On Jul 27, 1866, the Senate voted 5–34 (S 447). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–24, Democrats 0–8, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 27, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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