Senate roll call 692 · 40th Congress · Feb 27, 1869
To amend H.R. 1744 by striking out the residue of the 1st section so as to read "that the faith of the U.S. Is silemly pledged it an early resumption of specie
On Feb 27, 1869, the Senate voted 8–34 (HR 1744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–34, Democrats 1–0. 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
- 8
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 27, 1869
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 34 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- 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
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1744 by striking out the…: Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1869,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-S-692/to-amend-h-r-1744-by-striking-out-the (accessed 2026-10-17).