Senate roll call 316 · 38th Congress · Jun 17, 1864
To reconsider the vote adopting the amendment to H. R. 494 said amendment imposing a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on research instruments imported for college
On Jun 17, 1864, the Senate voted 9–19 (HR 494). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–14, Democrats 4–1, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 17, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- 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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