Senate roll call 17 · 40th Congress · Mar 16, 1867
To amend the amendment from the judiciary committee to H.R. 33, so as to require posting of list of qualified voters, and keeping open of books of registry in
On Mar 16, 1867, the Senate voted 25–13 (HR 33). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–11, Democrats 2–2. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 16, 1867
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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