Senate roll call 521 · 38th Congress · Feb 24, 1865
To amend H. R. 688, (13 stat. L. 442), a bill providing construction, preservation and repair of certain fortifications for fiscal 1866, by reducing the appropr
On Feb 24, 1865, the Senate voted 25–14 (HR 688). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 3–3, Others 5–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 14
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 24, 1865
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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