Senate roll call 551 · 38th Congress · Mar 1, 1865
To amend H. R. 744 by imposing a tax on the sale of goods, wares, merchandise or articles produced or manufactured, whether foreign or domestic, on persons lice
On Mar 1, 1865, the Senate voted 20–20 (HR 744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–9, Others 0–6, Democrats 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- Mar 1, 1865
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Conness R-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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