Senate roll call 87 · 39th Congress · Apr 2, 1866
To amend S. 184 (14 stat 377, app june 1, 1866), a bill providing for various courts in the district of columbil to presided over by justices of district suprem
On Apr 2, 1866, the Senate voted 24–5 (S 184). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–3, Democrats 4–2, 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
- 24
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 2, 1866
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- 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
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 184 (14 stat 377, app june 1…: Senate Vote, Apr 2, 1866,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/39-S-87/to-amend-s-184-14-stat-377-app-june (accessed 2026-10-17).