Senate roll call 532 · 38th Congress · Feb 27, 1865
To amend an amendment to H. R. 744 by eliminating the five per cent ad valorem duty on magazines, pamphlets, reviews and all other similar publications exceptin
On Feb 27, 1865, the Senate voted 5–27 (HR 744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–20, Others 1–4, Democrats 1–3. 3 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
- 5
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 27, 1865
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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