Senate roll call 7 · 39th Congress · Dec 12, 1865
To amend H. J. RES. 95, establishing a joint committee on reconstruction to investigate and report whether any of the confederate states are entitled to represe
On Dec 12, 1865, the Senate voted 14–29 (HJR 95). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–27, Democrats 9–0, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 14
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Dec 12, 1865
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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