Senate roll call 214 · 38th Congress · May 10, 1864
To amend H. R. 395 by eliminating the independent treasury system and seting up financial officers in various parts of the United States.
On May 10, 1864, the Senate voted 11–28 (HR 395). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–25, Democrats 5–0, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 10, 1864
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- 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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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