Senate roll call 312 · 38th Congress · Jun 17, 1864
To amend an amendment to H. R. 494 by reducing the duty from 70 cents to 60 cents per one hundred pounds on all iron imported in bars for railroads and inclined
On Jun 17, 1864, the Senate voted 19–17 (HR 494). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–14, Democrats 6–1, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 19
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 17, 1864
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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