Senate roll call 378 · 39th Congress · Jan 31, 1867
To amend H. R. 718 by reducing the duty on printing paper from twenty to fifteen per cent ad valorem. (p. 927-3)
On Jan 31, 1867, the Senate voted 12–25 (HR 718). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–21, Democrats 3–2, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 31, 1867
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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