Senate roll call 537 · 38th Congress · Feb 28, 1865
To amend H. J. RES. 164 by providing for the purchase of a painting now on exhibition in the rotunda of the capitol entitled "emancipation proclamation before t
On Feb 28, 1865, the Senate voted 2–33 (HJR 164). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–22, Democrats 0–8, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 2
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 28, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. J. RES. 164 by providing for the…: Senate Vote, Feb 28…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/38-S-537/to-amend-h-j-res-164-by-providing-for (accessed 2026-10-17).