Senate roll call 311 · 39th Congress · Jan 11, 1867
To amend S. 453 (14 stat l 430, app mar. 2, 1867), a bill regulating the tenures of certain civil offices, by declaring it a high misdemeanor punishable by fine
On Jan 11, 1867, the Senate voted 23–9 (S 453). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–2, Democrats 0–5, Others 1–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 23
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 11, 1867
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 453 (14 stat l 430, app mar. 2…: Senate Vote, Jan 11, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-311/to-amend-s-453-14-stat-l-430-app (accessed 2026-10-17).