Senate roll call 598 · 40th Congress · Jan 28, 1869
To consider bill, H.R. 65 which the Senate by vote had postponed indefinitely at a previous session, to settle the claim of WM. MC garrahan. (p. 667-1)
On Jan 28, 1869, the Senate voted 27–18 (HR 65). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–18, Democrats 4–0. 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
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 28, 1869
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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