Senate roll call 81 · 39th Congress · Mar 27, 1866
To amend a resolution to seat MR. J. P. Stockton as a senator from new jersey, by eliminating the recital that he was duly elected as such senator.
On Mar 27, 1866, the Senate voted 22–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 0–9, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 27, 1866
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- 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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