Senate roll call 355 · 39th Congress · Jan 30, 1867
To amend H. R. 718 by increasing the duty on old metal scrap iron to four dollars a ton and on wrought scrap iron to eight dollars a ton, in order to protect TH
On Jan 30, 1867, the Senate voted 18–15 (HR 718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–13, Democrats 2–1, Others 2–1. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 30, 1867
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull 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
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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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