Senate roll call 229 · 38th Congress · May 17, 1864
To amend S. 145 by providing that the provisions of this act shall not apply to colored troops.
On May 17, 1864, the Senate voted 5–26 (S 145). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–23, Democrats 4–0, Others 1–3.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 17, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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