Senate roll call 64 · 39th Congress · Mar 19, 1866
To pass S. 204, a bill providing for annual inspection of indian affairs and for other purposes.
On Mar 19, 1866, the Senate voted 19–16 (S 204). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–10, Democrats 2–5, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 16
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 19, 1866
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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