Senate roll call 43 · 38th Congress · Jan 15, 1864
To amend an amendment to S. 36 by reducing the proposed maximum price of commutation under this act from $500 to $400.
On Jan 15, 1864, the Senate voted 27–16 (S 36). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–11, Democrats 4–3, Others 5–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jan 15, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 11 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 3 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA 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
- 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
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Sprague R-RI
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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