Senate roll call 588 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To concur in the amendment adopted in the committee of the whole to H. R. 786 said amendment eliminating the 18th section which provides that no person shall be
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 22–13 (HR 786). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–4, Democrats 0–6, Others 1–3. 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
- 22
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Harding 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
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