Senate roll call 164 · 38th Congress · Apr 22, 1864
To amend H. R. 198 by proposing to discharge of all negro troops in the service of the United States upon termination of the war.
On Apr 22, 1864, the Senate voted 9–26 (HR 198). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–22, Others 4–3, Democrats 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 2 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
- 9
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 22, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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