Senate roll call 591 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To proceed to consideration of executive business.
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 14–17. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–12, Democrats 3–2, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 14
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- 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
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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