Senate roll call 503 · 38th Congress · Feb 18, 1865
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of an amendemnt to the bill H. R. 683, (13 stat. L. 495), a bill making appropriations for the support of the army
On Feb 18, 1865, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–21, Democrats 4–2, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 18, 1865
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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