Senate roll call 72 · 40th Congress · Apr 10, 1867
To postpone further reconsideration of the nomination of major lovell h. Rousseau to brigadeer general to the first monday in december next.
On Apr 10, 1867, the Senate voted 14–16. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–12, Democrats 0–4. 12 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
- 14
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 10, 1867
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Richard Yates R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV voted no
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David Trotter Patterson D-TN
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Adonijah Strong Welch R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- James Guthrie 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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