Senate roll call 670 · 40th Congress · Feb 17, 1869
To reconsider the cote rejecting the amendment to S.J.RES. 8 which would give the same right to hold office those of african decent as any other elector. (p. 1
On Feb 17, 1869, the Senate voted 16–29 (SJR 8). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–21, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 17, 1869
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted yes
- James Willis Patterson R-NH voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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