Senate roll call 6 · 39th Congress · Mar 11, 1865
To adjourn sine die, after the President informed Congress he had no forther communication to make. (p. 1440-2)
On Mar 11, 1865, the Senate voted 27–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–13, Democrats 5–1, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 39th Congress (1865–1866), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 11, 1865
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN voted no
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Henry Williams R-OR voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- James Guthrie D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- John Angel James Creswell O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown R-MO
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Reverdy Johnson D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Sheldon Norton R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson R-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Gilman Fogg R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David Trotter Patterson O-TN
- Joseph Smith Fowler O-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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