Senate roll call 342 · 39th Congress · Jan 28, 1867
To amend H. R. 718 by increasing the duty on old cast iron to three dollars per ton and on old wrought scrap iron to eight dollars per ton because the duty now
On Jan 28, 1867, the Senate voted 16–20 (HR 718). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–14, Democrats 1–5, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 28, 1867
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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