Senate roll call 390 · 39th Congress · Feb 5, 1867
To amend H. R. 598 by changing the amount of indebtedness required in order to go into bankruptcy from $300 to $500. (p. 1009-3)
On Feb 5, 1867, the Senate voted 19–20 (HR 598). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 3–3, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 5, 1867
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague 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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