Senate roll call 96 · 38th Congress · Mar 9, 1864
To pass the resolution requesting the President of the United States to transmit to the Senate the report, testimony, and evidence taken by the military commiss
On Mar 9, 1864, the Senate voted 11–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–22, Democrats 6–1, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 11
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 9, 1864
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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