Senate roll call 470 · 38th Congress · Feb 3, 1865
To eliminate the preamble H. J. RES. 126 in order to amend same and submit it in new form.
On Feb 3, 1865, the Senate voted 12–30 (HJR 126). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–21, Democrats 1–5, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell 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
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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