Senate roll call 301 · 39th Congress · Jan 9, 1867
To amend S. 456, by prividing that nebraska shall not be admitted to the union, except on the fundamental conditions, that there shall be no denial of elective
On Jan 9, 1867, the Senate voted 8–24 (S 456). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–16, Democrats 0–5, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 8
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 9, 1867
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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