Senate roll call 555 · 38th Congress · Mar 2, 1865
To agree to conference on H. R. 683.
On Mar 2, 1865, the Senate voted 13–29 (HR 683). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Others 0–7, Democrats 1–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 2, 1865
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- 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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