Senate roll call 576 · 40th Congress · Jan 19, 1869
To amend H.R. 1460 so that all sheet copper or yellow metal imported in any american ship or vessel to be used and actually used, for her own sheathing may be i
On Jan 19, 1869, the Senate voted 14–31 (HR 1460). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–28, Democrats 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 19, 1869
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted yes
- Garrett Davis D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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