Senate roll call 491 · 38th Congress · Feb 11, 1865
To proceed to coonsideration of the conference report on the disagreeing votes of the booth houses on H. R. 51 (13 stat. L. 507), a bill establishing a bureau o
On Feb 11, 1865, the Senate voted 25–11 (HR 51). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–2, Democrats 0–5, Others 1–4. 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
- 25
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 11, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
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