Senate roll call 600 · 40th Congress · Jan 29, 1869
To fix the date of the next meeting of Senate to be the next monday after today's adjournment. (p. 716-1)
On Jan 29, 1869, the Senate voted 20–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–29, Democrats 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 29, 1869
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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