Senate roll call 37 · 38th Congress · Jan 14, 1864
To amend S. 36 by providing that draftees shall be divided into two classes, and that the unmarried men between the ages of 20 years and 45 years be drafted bef
On Jan 14, 1864, the Senate voted 12–29 (S 36). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–26, Democrats 5–0, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jan 14, 1864
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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