Senate roll call 519 · 38th Congress · Feb 23, 1865
To amend S. J. RES. 117, recognizing the state government of louisiana, inaugurated under and by the convention assembled at new orleans on april 6, 1864, by em
On Feb 23, 1865, the Senate voted 8–29 (SJR 117). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–19, Democrats 0–7, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 23, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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