Senate roll call 59 · 39th Congress · Mar 13, 1866
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On Mar 13, 1866, the Senate voted 22–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–13, Democrats 7–2, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 22
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 13, 1866
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- James Guthrie D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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