Senate roll call 245 · 38th Congress · May 26, 1864
To amend an amendment to H. R. 405 by eliminating the proviso in the amendment allowing persons, companies or corporations to add the duty on tax hereby imposed
On May 26, 1864, the Senate voted 13–20 (HR 405). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–18, Others 2–2, Democrats 3–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 26, 1864
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey 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
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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