Senate roll call 57 · 38th Congress · Jan 25, 1864
To pass the resolution providing that the oath prescribed by act of Congress july 2, 1862 be taken and subscribed by every senator and secretary of the Senate i
On Jan 25, 1864, the Senate voted 28–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–4, Others 4–3, Democrats 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 28
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jan 25, 1864
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Wright D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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