Senate roll call 540 · 38th Congress · Feb 28, 1865
To amend H. R. 744, by exempting from the tax on deposits, savings banks having no capital stock and whose business is confined to receiving deposits and leavin
On Feb 28, 1865, the Senate voted 20–20 (HR 744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–15, Others 4–3, Democrats 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 28, 1865
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- John Conness R-CA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- 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
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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