Senate roll call 588 · 40th Congress · Jan 23, 1869
To consider executive business. (p. 544-1)
On Jan 23, 1869, the Senate voted 26–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–27, Democrats 8–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 26
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 23, 1869
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- John Pool R-NC voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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