Senate roll call 165 · 38th Congress · Apr 22, 1864
To amend H. R. 198 by proposing to discharge all negro troops from the United States army upon the termination of war.
On Apr 22, 1864, the Senate voted 10–27 (HR 198). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Others 4–3, Democrats 5–1. 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
- 10
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 22, 1864
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 10 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- 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
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson 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
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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