Senate roll call 586 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To concur in the amendment adopted in the committee of the whole to H. R. 786, said amendment authorizing the secretary of the ssenate and the clerk of tthhe h
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 12–19 (HR 786). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–16, Others 2–3, Democrats 4–0. 6 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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