Senate roll call 418 · 38th Congress · Jul 2, 1864
To postpone action on H. R. 534, authorizing the secretary of the navy to provide for the education of naval constructors and steam engineers and for other purp
On Jul 2, 1864, the Senate voted 11–27 (HR 534). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–22, Democrats 7–0, Others 2–5. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 11
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 2, 1864
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- 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 Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown 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
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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