Senate roll call 707 · 40th Congress · Mar 3, 1869
To adopt the conference report on H.R. 1744, relating to contracts for the payment of coin. (p. 1829-3)
On Mar 3, 1869, the Senate voted 31–24 (HR 1744). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–16, Democrats 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 3, 1869
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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