Senate roll call 504 · 38th Congress · Feb 18, 1865
To amend an amendment to H. R. 683 by leaving for future adjustment, payments to any railroad transporting troops or property free of charge when such railroads
On Feb 18, 1865, the Senate voted 9–27 (HR 683). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–17, Democrats 1–6, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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 18, 1865
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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