Senate roll call 624 · 40th Congress · Feb 9, 1869
To amend an amendment to h.j.res and insert the first line after the word "vote" the words "for electors of presidents and vice presidents and members of the ho
On Feb 9, 1869, the Senate voted 12–42 (HJR 402). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–41, Democrats 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 12
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 41 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- George Vickers D-MD voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- 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
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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