Senate roll call 453 · 38th Congress · Jan 17, 1865
To amend H. R. 186, a bill incorporating the baltimore and washington depot and potomac ferry railway companies, by eliminating the section which gives the balt
On Jan 17, 1865, the Senate voted 8–20 (HR 186). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–12, Others 1–5, Democrats 0–3. 7 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
- 8
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 17, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- 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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