Senate roll call 631 · 40th Congress · Feb 9, 1869
To amend an amendment to H.RES. 402 by providing for appoiintment of electors by those people qualified to vote for U.S. Representatives, but no officer of u.
On Feb 9, 1869, the Senate voted 37–19 (HJR 402). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–14, Democrats 3–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 37
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 9, 1869
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- George Vickers D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Pool R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Did not vote
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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