Senate roll call 346 · 39th Congress · Jan 29, 1867
To amend H. R. 718 by increasing the duty on steel carriage springs from six cents to eight cents per pound, in order to protect american manufacturers. (p. 82
On Jan 29, 1867, the Senate voted 17–15 (HR 718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 2–3, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 29, 1867
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer 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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