Senate roll call 485 · 38th Congress · Feb 7, 1865
To amend an amendment to S. 408 by providing an additional section stipulating that the heads of the executive departments of the government, judges of courts o
On Feb 7, 1865, the Senate voted 9–27 (S 408). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–23, Others 2–4, Democrats 5–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 7, 1865
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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