Senate roll call 441 · 38th Congress · Dec 21, 1864
To pass resolution instituting the committee on the district of columbia to inquire into the expediency and propriety of requiring all residents of the district
On Dec 21, 1864, the Senate voted 24–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–1, Others 2–4, Democrats 0–5. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 24
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Dec 21, 1864
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes 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
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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