Senate roll call 290 · 39th Congress · Dec 19, 1866
To adjourn so as to have further time to discuss S. 456 (14 stat 391, app feb. 9, 1867), a bill admitting the state of nebraska into the union. (p. 194-2)
On Dec 19, 1866, the Senate voted 15–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 4–0, Others 1–2. 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
- 15
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 19, 1866
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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