Senate roll call 56 · 38th Congress · Jan 21, 1864
To amend a Senate resolution proposing an additional rule of the Senate requiring the oath or affirmation prescribed by act of Congress july 2, 1862, to be take
On Jan 21, 1864, the Senate voted 12–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Others 5–3, Democrats 6–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- Jan 21, 1864
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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