Senate roll call 32 · 38th Congress · Jan 14, 1864
To amend an amendment to S. 36, by reducing to $400 the amount to be paid by a drafted person furnishing an acceptable substitute, instead of $500.
On Jan 14, 1864, the Senate voted 31–6 (S 36). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–5, Democrats 4–1, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 31
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 14, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-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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