Senate roll call 597 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To refer to the joint committee on the conduct of the war H. R. 307.
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 14–15 (HR 307). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–14, Democrats 4–0, Others 1–1. 9 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
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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