Senate roll call 62 · 39th Congress · Mar 14, 1866
To pass S 138 (app july 27, 1866, 14 stat l. 332), increasing and fixing the military peace establishment of the United States.
On Mar 14, 1866, the Senate voted 27–5 (S 138). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–3, Democrats 5–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 27
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 14, 1866
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Ira Harris R-NY
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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