Senate roll call 62 · 38th Congress · Feb 10, 1864
To amend a bill (13 stat. L. 123) relating to members of Congress, by eliminating the clause prohibiting members of Congress from acting as counsel, attorney or
On Feb 10, 1864, the Senate voted 10–28 (S 28). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 7–2, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 10
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 10, 1864
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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