Senate roll call 98 · 39th Congress · Apr 11, 1866
To pass an amended concurrent resolution, prohibiting sale of spiritous liquirs in capital and grounds and empowering commissioner of public buildings and groun
On Apr 11, 1866, the Senate voted 33–2. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 5–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 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
- 33
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 11, 1866
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- 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
- 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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