Senate roll call 474 · 38th Congress · Feb 4, 1865
To amend, in the nature of a substitute, H. J. RES. 126 by prohibiting the people of an insurgent state from electing electors for President and vice President
On Feb 4, 1865, the Senate voted 13–27 (HJR 126). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Others 1–5, Democrats 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 4, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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