Senate roll call 378 · 38th Congress · Jun 27, 1864
To amend H. R. 51 by preventing the President of the United States, by proclamation, to free the slaves.
On Jun 27, 1864, the Senate voted 5–29 (HR 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Others 2–4, Democrats 3–0.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 27, 1864
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- 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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown 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 Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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