Senate roll call 319 · 38th Congress · Jun 18, 1864
To postpone consideration of S. J. RES. 93 (13 stat 411), authorizing the postmaster general to extend the contract with the overland mail company.
On Jun 18, 1864, the Senate voted 12–24 (SJR 93). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–18, Others 3–4, Democrats 4–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 12
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 18, 1864
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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