Senate roll call 387 · 39th Congress · Feb 5, 1867
To amend H. R. 598 (14 stat 517 app mar. 2, 1867) by eliminating the section providing for the distribution of bankrupt corporations property and assets to the
On Feb 5, 1867, the Senate voted 9–23 (HR 598). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–19, Democrats 2–3, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 9
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 5, 1867
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Yates R-IL voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO voted yes
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 598 (14 stat 517 app mar. 2…: Senate Vote, Feb 5, 1867,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-387/to-amend-h-r-598-14-stat-517-app (accessed 2026-10-17).